The death of the diplomat Christopher Stevens, was reported by Reuters, who had spoken to a source in Libya.
'The Libyan ambassador and three staff members were killed when gunmen fired rockets at them,' the official in the eastern city of Benghazi said.
According to the Libyan official, the U.S. ambassador had been on his way to a safer venue after protesters attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi and opened fire, killing a staff member, in protest at film that they deemed blasphemous to the Prophet Mohammad.
The official said the ambassador and three other staff were killed when gunmen fired rockets at his car.
He said the U.S. Embassy had sent a military plane to transport the bodies to Tripoli to fly them to the United States.
Christopher Stevens arrived in Tripoli in May 2012 as U.S. Ambassador to Libya, but had served twice previously in the country.
He was the Special Representative to the Libyan Transitional National Council from March 2011 to November 2011 during the Libyan revolution and as the Deputy Chief of Mission from 2007 to 2009.
The news today follows confirmation by Secretary of state Hillary Clinton last night that a US state department officer had been killed in an attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya
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