Gunman Kills 9 in Libya Hotel
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In Syria, several gunmen stormed in to a luxury hotel in Tripoli, Libya and killed nine people including five foreigners, on Tuesday, January 20, according to bbc.com and yahoo.com.
Inside the five-star Corinthia Hotel heavily armed gunmen stormed in and started to open fire, reported reuters.com. According to nydailynews.com, the terrorists took a number of hostages. At the end of the battle the terrorists threw a grenade at the security guards, killing themselves and a guard. Some of the dead people include one American, one French citizen, and three people from Asia, stated newsok.com.
Two attackers were killed in an hour-long standoff including a car bomb in the parking lot of the hotel, according to nytimes.com. One of the people killed is an ex-Marine named David Berry. Berry was working for security training and operations firm Crucible, statednydailynews.com.
On twitter published a statement saying a Tripoli affiliate of the Islamic State group was behind the attack, but there is little evidence supporting the claims, stated nytimes.com.
This attack was one of the worst attacks the targeted foreigners since the civil war in 2011 that removed Muammar Gaddafi and fractured the oil-producing North African state into the fiefdoms, or estate of a feudal lord, of rival armed groups with two national governments, reported reuters.com.
Austin Cribari • Feb 5, 2015 at 11:20 am
Great artice keep up the great work!
Brandon Ortiz • Feb 4, 2015 at 3:06 pm
I was surprised after reading your article. An incident like this is very tragic. Keep up the good work!
sammie • Feb 4, 2015 at 3:05 pm
agreed^^ but great article, very informational
Andrew • Feb 4, 2015 at 1:18 pm
Thats very depressing because of the amount of victims.
yahya kharouf • Feb 4, 2015 at 11:45 am
this is a great article. i enjoyed reading your article because i learned many things! keep up the good work!
huntersavard • Feb 4, 2015 at 9:48 am
After reading your article I would like to learn more about these attacks. Sadly this tragic incident wasnt stopped sooner
Julia Beatty • Feb 3, 2015 at 2:44 pm
WoW this is crazy! Your article was so informational. What a tradgic incident
Garret Schnitker • Feb 3, 2015 at 2:41 pm
Nice job Andrew! I never even knew about this attack so it was really interesting to learn about it.
Kalina Kazimierski • Feb 3, 2015 at 1:23 pm
I was surprised to learn from reading your article that the terrorists would throw a grenade at a security guard and at themselves. Great work!
Riley Loudon • Feb 3, 2015 at 1:20 pm
This is a very good article and you have written several other good ones great job Andrew!