Gunmen shoot their way into luxury Tripoli hotel
Posted January 27, 2015 5:41 am.
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At least five foreigners and three guards were killed when gunmen shot their way into the luxurious Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli on Tuesday.
An online group that supports ISIS said online that the attack was carried out in the name of Abu Anas al-Libi.
Al Libi, an alleged al Qaeda operative accused of involvement in the bombing of U.S. embassies in Africa and who was captured by U.S. special forces in Libya, died in a U.S. hospital earlier this month.
The attack began when militants detonated a car bomb in the parking lot of the hotel Tuesday morning.
The five-star hotel is popular among government officials, some of whom reside there.
Guests have been evacuated to safety but it’s not clear if there are additional casualties.
“We’re watching the situation very closely,” a spokesman for the Corinthia Group in Malta told CNN.
With files from The Associated Press
