US says captured Libyan planned new attacks

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has informed the U.N. Security Council that a top suspect in the deadly 2012 assault in Libya was captured because U.S. investigators determined that he planned further attacks against Americans.

In a letter to the council obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said the capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala was necessary “to prevent such armed attacks” and was carried out “in accordance with the United States’ inherent right of self-defense.”