Trial to open for suspected mastermind of Benghazi attacks
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WASHINGTON – A trial of the suspected mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attacks is unfolding in a federal courtroom in Washington.
Opening statements will take place Monday, three years after Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured in Libya and brought to the US on a 13-day trip aboard a Navy ship.
Four Americans were killed in the attacks, including US Ambassador Chris Stevens. Prosecutors say the attacks aimed at killing personnel and plundering maps, documents and other property from the post.
The Abu Khattala trial is one of the most significant terrorism prosecutions in recent years in a civilian court. The Trump administration has said terror suspects are better sent to the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
