UK Foreign Office urges Westerners to leave Benghazi

British nationals have been urged to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi over a threat, [2] the UK's Foreign Office said.

Britain's Foreign Office has been advising against travel to Benghazi and most parts of Libya since September, when U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens [3]and three other Americans died during an attack on the consulate in Benghazi, the BBC reported.

Britons have been advised to leave Benghazi immediately in response to a specific threat to Westerners, the Foreign Office said, adding that it could not comment further on the nature of the threat.

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