( CNN ) -- A widow says she forgives the attackers in Libya who gunned down her husband earlier this month as he went for a morning jog outside his home in Benghazi . Ronnie Smith , 33 , was a chemistry teacher from Austin , Texas , who was working for more than a year in the International School Benghazi when four unidentified assailants in a black Jeep fatally shot him December 5 . `` I just envision the black Jeep driving up to him and I do n't know their faces . I just want them to know that God loves them and can forgive them for this , '' Anita Smith tells CNN 's Anderson Cooper in an interview . Emotion broke her voice as she spoke . `` I do n't know them . That 's how I honestly feel . It may sound crazy . It 's God 's spirit that 's putting this inside me , '' she added . Smith said she did n't feel any anger or want any revenge against the killers of her husband . `` I just really want them to know that I do love them and I forgive them , and Ronnie would want this , and I hope and pray that our son , Hosea , would believe this , '' she said . `` Yeah , they took away my husband . I loved my husband . But it 's got to be God 's spirit that 's pushing me to show them that this is what God wants them to see , '' she said . Smith also wrote an open letter to the Libyan people . She and her husband traveled to Libya `` because we saw the suffering of the Libyan people , but we also saw your hope , and we wanted to partner with you to build a better future , '' she wrote . To the attackers , she wrote : `` I love you and I forgive you . '' To the Libyan people , she said , `` We came to bless you , but you have blessed us much more . Thank you . '' Benghazi was the cradle of Libya 's 2011 revolution that ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi 's regime but since then , the new government is struggling to control armed groups in the country . Libya 's second-largest city , Benghazi also is where militants attacked a U.S. diplomatic mission in September 2012 , killing four Americans , including Ambassador Chris Stevens . The United States blames the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Sharia for the attack . `` I hear people speaking with hate , anger and blame over Ronnie 's death , but that 's not what Ronnie would want , '' Smith wrote of her husband . `` I want all of you -- all of the people of Libya -- to know I am praying for the peace and prosperity of Libya . May Ronnie 's blood , shed on Libyan soil , encourage peace and reconciliation between the Libyan people and God . '' CNN 's Chuck Hadad contributed to this report . Watch Anderson Cooper . 360° weeknights 8pm ET . For the latest from AC360° click here .
Widow Anita Smith forgives the attackers who killed her husband . Teacher Ronnie Smith , 33 , was gunned down while jogging in Benghazi this month . The U.S. State Department has warned Americans to avoid all travel and trade with Libya because of security concerns. and I forgive them , '' she says of husband 's killers . `` It may sound crazy . It 's God 's spirit that 's putting this inside me , '' she adds .