TRIPOLI, Libya — An affiliate of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for an armed assault on a luxury hotel that killed as many as five people here on Tuesday, the most significant in a string of terrorist attacks against Western interests and government institutions in the capital since the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi more than three years ago.
Four or five gunmen stormed the hotel, the Corinthia, in the early morning, firing their guns into the lobby, battling guards, and shooting a Filipino woman and possibly other civilians, according to news reports and people in contact with associates inside the hotel.
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Suliman Ali Zway reported from Tripoli, and David D. Kirkpatrick from Cairo.
