Karim Ahmed Essam el-Azizi is killed by bomb he
tried to use against security forces during raid,
says official.
A Libyan national suspected by Egypt of
involvement in last month's attack on the US
consulate in Benghazi has been killed in a raid
by Egyptian security forces in Cairo, a security
official said.
Karim Ahmed Essam el-Azizi was killed on
Wednesday in the raid in Cairo's eastern district
of Nasr City that targeted him and other fighters
with suspected links to al-Qaeda, the official
said.
Four Egyptians were detained in the operation,
he added.
Azizi was killed by a bomb he had tried to use
against the security forces during the raid, the
security official said.
It was not immediately clear what role Azizi had
played in the assault on the US consulate on
September 11, in which the ambassador, Chris
Stevens, and three other Americans, were killed.
The security official said Azizi had been living in
a rented apartment in Nasr City for the past
three months.
He said police had found 15 bombs and various
weapons, including assault rifles, in the Libyan's
flat.
The attack on the Benghazi consulate has
become a highly politicised issue in the US
presidential election season.
It occurred during a wave of Muslim protests
over an anti-Islam film produced in California,
which also sparked violence against US
diplomatic missions in Egypt and Tunisia.
However, official emails obtained by the Reuters
news agency showed that the White House and
the state department were advised two hours
after the consulate attack that an Islamist group
had claimed responsibility.
President Barack Obama and other US officials
have acknowledged that the attack was a
"terrorist" act by fighters with suspected links to
al-Qaeda affiliates or sympathisers.

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