Five foreigners -- one American, one French citizen, and three people from Tajikistan -- were killed in the attack, Essam al-Naas said. He said two guards were immediately killed.
– At least eight people are dead after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Libya popular with foreigners, reports the AP. ISIS (or at least a Twitter account linked to the group) has claimed credit for the attack on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, reports the BBC. Details are still unfolding, but authorities say five of the fatalities are foreigners and three are guards. One security official said the situation was "under control," but there were conflicting reports about whether the gunmen were holed up in the hotel with hostages. CNN says three of them were still inside. The attack reportedly began with a car bomb at the hotel, the same one from which Libyan's prime minister was seized in 2013.