Nine killed in Libyan hotel raid

Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, killing four foreigners and five guards, and triggering an hours-long stand-off 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 the North African country descended into following the 2011 ouster and killing of dictator Muammar Gaddafi.