Official photo of Ambassador Stevens. Photo: State Department.

The blog-sphere is buzzing with a shocking unconfirmed report, originating from Lebanese based news website Tayyar, that Christopher Stevens, the US Ambassador to Libya was allegedly raped and dragged through the streets before he was murdered by Muslim extremists on September 11th.

The report originally cited the AFP news agency, however after AFP issued a denial saying “That report falsely quoted our news agency”, the website apologized, but said its still stands behind the report.

The report claims that “The U.S. ambassador to Libya was raped sexually before being killed by gunmen who stormed the embassy building in Benghazi”, the report also claims that Libyan security forces may have leaked the location of the safe house to the assailants.

An image from Arab TV, said to show the body of Ambassador Stevens.