| Corinthia Hotel Attack | |
|---|---|
 The Corinthia Hotel main tower | |
 Interactive map of Corinthia Hotel Attack | |
| Location | 32°53′50″N13°10′13″E / 32.89722°N 13.17028°E /32.89722; 13.17028 Corinthia Hotel Tripoli,Tripoli,Libya |
| Date | 27 January 2015 (2015-01-27) 09:00 (UTC+2) |
Attack type | car bombing;mass shooting, suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 10 (not including the perpetrators) |
| Injured | 5 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State[1] |
| Motive | 2013 arrest ofAbu Anas al-Libi by U.S. forces |
On 29 January 2015, theCorinthia Hotel inTripoli was attacked by men affiliated with theIslamic State (IS).[1] The hotel was popular with foreign officials and government workers; it had previously housed the Libyan prime minister.
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.[2]
Some of the attackers survived the initial contact, stormed the hotel and opened fire in the reception area.[3]
| Country | Number |
|---|---|
 Libya | 5 |
 Tajikistan | 3 |
 France | 1 |
 United States | 1 |
| Total | 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.[4]
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 ofAbu Anas al-Libi, a LibyanAl-Qaeda operative who was involved in thebombing 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.[4]
32°53′49″N13°10′15″E / 32.8969°N 13.1708°E /32.8969; 13.1708