Video: US ambassador killed in Benghazi rocket attack The US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, has been killed following a rocket attack on his car in the eastern city of Benghazi on Tuesday night. Three other embassy staff were also killed when a crowd attacked the US consulate in the city, to protest against a film deemed offensive to Islam. The film at the centre of the anti-US protests was made by an Israeli-American who describes Islam as a "cancer" and depicts the Prophet Mohammed sleeping with women. The film is being promoted by the controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones, who has prompted protests in the past for burning the Koran and vehemently opposing the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York.