New charges brought in 2012 Benghazi attacks

The new 18-count superseding indictment announced Tuesday adds multiple charges of murder against Ahmed Abu Khattala.

Abu Khattala was captured in June by U.S. special forces and transported to the United States aboard a Navy boat. He is awaiting trial in Washington.

An earlier indictment that served as a placeholder charged him with conspiring to provide support to terrorists. The new indictment had been expected.

Federal prosecutors accuse Abu Khattala of being a ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

His public defender said last summer that prosecutors had not presented evidence tying him to the attacks.

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