Benghazi air space reopens after being closed for security reasons

Benghazi air space reopened after being closed for security reasons.

Air traffic at Libya’s Benghazi airport had been suspended without warning Thursday night for “security reasons" after an attack against the U.S. consulate took place Tuesday evening, AFP reported.               

The source who spoke to AFP said, on condition of anonymity, an order was given Thursday evening to suspend all flights immediately for security reasons.               
Tuesday night saw the storming of the U.S. Consulate in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed. President Barack Obama said the perpetrators would be tracked down and ordered two destroyers to head to the Libyan coast.                   

The Libyan authorities have said they had have made four arrests in the investigation into the attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the three others.

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