TRIPOLI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens is confirmed to have died in Tuesday's conflict in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, the pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV reported Wednesday.
Hundreds of protesters, angered by an alleged U.S.-made movie that insults Prophet Mohammed, broke into the U.S. consulate building in Benghazi on Tuesday night, causing casualties.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed that "a staff member" has died in Tuesday's conflict.
The report said that the U.S. ambassador died of suffocation, as protestors set fire at the scene.
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