article_snippet: Mein was shot and fell to the ground about 12 yards behind his limousine.
article_snippet: Instead, a bullet penetrated the embassy compound and struck he heart, killing he instantly.
article_snippet: Antoinette Varnava, a 31-year-old local who was part of the small embassy staff for about a decade, also died in the violence.
article_snippet: The result was horrific.
article_snippet: The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) lists eight people as having died in the attack on The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) memorial remembering Americans who died while serving the U.S. government abroad in a foreign affairs capacity.  
article_snippet: Twelve Americans total were killed.
article_snippet: Those are both jarring numbers, but Those're still a fraction of the more than 200 people total killed in the attack, in addition to more than 4,000 wounded.