2015 Corinthia Hotel attack

Terrorist attack in Tripoli (2015) Corinthia Hotel Attack Corinthia Hotel Tripoli Libya.JPG The Corinthia Hotel main tower 250px Corinthia Hotel Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya 32 53 50 N 13 10 13 E inline 2015 01 27 y 09:00 UTC+2 car bombing; mass shooting, suicide bombing 10 (not including the perpetrators) 5 Islamic Statehttp://www.dw.de/islamic-state-attacks-libya-hotel/a-18217115 ′Islamic State′ attacks Libya hotel - News - DW.DE - 27.01.2015 DW.DE 3 March 2015 Wilayat Tarabulus 2013 arrest of Abu Anas al-Libi by U.S. forces On 27 January 2015, the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli was attacked by men affiliated with the Islamic State (IS). The hotel was popular with foreign officials and government workers; it had previously housed the Libyan prime minister. Attack In the early hours of 27 January 2015, IS-affiliated men detonated a car bomb in the parking garage of the hotel. In the chaos, an estimated 5 gunmen stormed past the local guard and entered the hotel, intent on killing guests. https://www.wsj.com/articles/car-bomb-explodes-outside-luxury-hotel-in-libyas-capital-city-of-tripoli-1422351120 The Wall Street Journal 28 January 2015 28 January 2015 Gunmen Stage Deadly Attack on Libyan Hotel Benoit Faucon Some of the attackers survived the initial contact, stormed the hotel and opened fire in the reception area. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31001094 BBC News Libya hotel attack: Five foreigners among nine killed 28 January 2015 28 January 2015 Victims + Deaths by nationalityCountryNumber Libya 5 Tajikistan 3 France 1 United States 1Total 10 Five foreigners died in the attack: one American, one Frenchman, and three Tajiks (including two women). The American, David Berry, was working as a contractor for an American security firm named Crucible. Five Libyan security personnel are also reported to have died in the attack. http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/27/middleeast/libya-corinthia-hotel-attack/index.html CNN Gunmen attack Corinthia Hotel in Libya; at least 10 die Jomana Karadsheh Hamdi Alkhshali 28 January 2015 28 January 2015 Perpetrators and motivations The attack was carried out by men belonging to IS's "Tripoli Province", who are believed to have been natives of Libya. The attackers' stated objective was revenge for the death of Abu Anas al-Libi, a Libyan Al-Qaeda operative who was involved in the bombing of two American embassies in 1998. He was captured by American forces inside Libya in 2013, and died at an American hospital on 2 January 2015. See also Libya ISIL takeover of Derna References 2 32.8969 13.1708 type:event_region:LY title Category:Suicide bombings in 2015 Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Libya Category:Mass shootings in Africa Category:Tripoli in the Libyan civil war (2014–2020) Category:Building bombings in Libya Category:January 2015 crimes in Africa Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2015 Category:Car and truck bombings in Libya Category:2015 murders in Libya Category:2015 mass shootings in Africa Category:2015 mass murders Category:Hotel bombings in Africa Category:2015 building bombings Category:21st-century mass murders in Libya Category:January 2015 in Libya Category:Libyan Crisis Category:Military operations of the Libyan civil war (2014–2020) Category:Aftermath of the Libyan civil war (2014–2020) Category:Aftermath of the Libyan civil war (2014) Category:Battles of Tripoli, Libya