Libyan Man Is Arrested in Deaths of 4 Americans in 2012 Benghazi Attack

Zubayar al-Bakoush, a Libyan long wanted in the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, has been brought to the United States to face trial, officials announced. He was videotaped entering one of the buildings on the American compound with others who were charged in the attack, and an image of him was shown in a prior trial.

Officials did not say how or where he was captured; F.B.I. director Kash Patel called it a "transfer of custody," and Mr. Bakoush had long been believed to be living in Libya. He is charged with the murders of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and State Department employee Sean Smith, and with conspiracy to provide material support for the deaths of all four Americans killed in the attacks.

On Sept. 11, 2012, more than a dozen militants with rifles and grenade launchers stormed the diplomatic compound and set buildings on fire. The blaze killed Mr. Stevens and Mr.

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