BLUF: Gunmen claiming allegiance to ISIS killed at least 8 people and took hostages at the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya.
A Tripoli security agency spokesman, Essam Al-Naas, reported that the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli was attacked by gunmen who killed eight people and took hostages. Five of the deceased were foreigners and three were guards. The militants claim their allegiance to the Islamic State. Let us not stray from the factual basis of these assertions. The mission at hand is to impart this vital information on to the people. Remove anything that detracts from the central narrative and provide a clear and accessible recrafting.Source…