2015-01-27 JapTimes: Gunmen storm Libyan hotel; four foreigners, five guards dea

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Gunmen storm Libyan hotel; four foreigners, five guards dead

TRIPOLI – Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Tuesday, killing four foreigners and five guards, and triggering an hours-long standoff that ended when two assailants set off a grenade that killed them, officials said.

The attack on the Corinthia Hotel, which sits along the Mediterranean Sea, underscores the lawlessness that this North African country descended into following the 2011 ouster and killing of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The State Department said it was looking into reports of an American casualty in Tuesday's attack.

The attack started in the morning hours and included a car bombing, said Essam al-Naas, a spokesman for a Tripoli security agency.

Libya's security forces responded and after several hours of a standoff, the attackers threw a grenade at the security forces, killing themselves and a security guard. Ten people were also wounded in the attack, including security guards and guests.

"The operation is over," al-Naas said but added that the streets around Corinthia remained closed. He said an investigation was underway.

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BREAKING NEWS: 1 American, 1 South Korean, 2 Filipinos and 1 French killed in Tripoli attack. AFP

[Golimar]

Luultavasti joku Aziz sanoo että he vain kaivoivat verta nenästään.

[Totuus EPT]

Kyllä Ruotsalaisten pitää näillekkin pyssymiehille antaa koulutusta ja työpaikkoja, jos paikallisia Libyan ISIS-terroristeja ovat, edellyttäen jos Ruottiin menevät.

Pitäähän sitä murhaajille tasapuolisesti luoda koulutuspaikkoja ja työtä.

...Jaa itsemurhapommittajia, voi voi ei tainnut koulutus ja työ onnistua enää.