Gunmen storm luxury hotel in Libyan capital
3,105 views · Published 27 January 2015 · 1:48 · Indexed 30 September 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2015 · News & Politics
Gunmen attacked a popular and high profile hotel in the Libya's largest city, Tripoli. Eight people are confirmed killed in the attack in which the gunmen made for the higher floors of the building, before detonating bombs strapped to their bodies once they became surrounded by security officials. The siege lasted several hours in a country that is mir3ed by two rival governments - an internationally recognised on based in eastern Libya and a rival administration in Tripoli after an armed faction, Libya Dawn, took over the capital. Al Jazeera's Victoria Gatenby explains.
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