- Source: 2015 Corinthia Hotel attack
In 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.
Some of the attackers survived the initial contact, stormed the hotel and opened fire in the reception area.
Victims
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.
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
ISIL takeover of Derna
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Negara Islam Irak dan Syam
- Serangan Kobanî Juni 2015
- Serangan Carcassonne dan Trèbes
- Genosida umat Kristen oleh Negara Islam Irak dan Syam
- 2015 Corinthia Hotel attack
- 2015 Bamako hotel attack
- Corinthia Hotel Tripoli
- 2016 Ouagadougou attacks
- 2015 Sousse attacks
- War on terror
- November 2015 Paris attacks
- List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State
- List of conflicts in Africa
- 2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya
