2012 U.S. diplomatic missions attacks

On September 11, 2012, the United States embassies in Cairo, Egypt; Chennai, India; Tunis, Tunisia; Khartoum, Sudan; Sana'a, Yemen, and the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya were attacked.Ambassador, victims got separated trying to escape to roof during attack, officials say  CNN September 12, 2012

Protest and attack
On September 11, 2012, the attack was caused by protests over media excerpts from a trailer of a movie, Innocence of Muslims, which the protestors considered blasphemy against the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. In Egypt, a group scaled the embassy wall and tore down the American flag, replacing it with a black Islamist flag. In Libya, rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the consulate from a nearby farm. The attack killed the visiting U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, Glen Doherty a security officer, Sean Smith a United States Foreign Service Information Management Officer, and Tyrone S. Woods a former U.S. Navy Seal, ten Libyan police officers, and two others. The protest ended on September 27, 2012.

Deaths
About 75 people were killed by the attack. The most notable deaths were the ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty, and Tyrone Woods.
 Christopher Stevens (April 18, 1960 – September 11, 2012) was the ambassador. He died of suffocation from a smoke grenade.
 Sean Smith (1978 – September 11, 2012) was the Information Management Officer at the embassy. He also suffocated from smoke grenades.
 Glen Doherty (c. 1970 - September 11, 2012) was a security officer at the embassy. He died after the embassy caught fire.
 Tyrone Snowden Woods (January 15, 1971 – September 12, 2012) was an American Navy soldier and part of the State Department Diplomatic Security. Woods was killed while protecting diplomats.

Other locations
Other locations include:

Some of these locations were burning the United States flag and the Israeli flag.

International locations

Related pages
 2011 Libyan civil war
 2011 Egyptian revolution

References

Other websites
 "Official Webpage - United States embassy in Libya" 
 "Official Webpage - United States embassy in Egypt" 
 "Official Webpage - United States embassy in Yemen" 
 "Official Webpage - United States embassy in India" 
 "Official Webpage - United States embassy in Islam" 
 "Official Webpage - United States embassy in Sudan" 
 "Official Webpage - United States embassy in Tunisia" 
 "Official Webpage - United States embassy in Israel" 

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