An attack on a luxury hotel in Libya by what are being described as “armed gunmen” took the life of a former Marine who was working for a contractor in the terrorist-besieged nation.
BREAKING: US official confirms death of 1 American citizen in Libyan hotel attack.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 27, 2015
Masked militants stormed a luxury Libyan hotel Tuesday — killing one American and eight other people before blowing themselves up after an hours-long standoff, officials said.
The slain U.S. citizen was identified as David Berry, an ex-Marine working for security training and operations firm Crucible, CEO Cliff Taylor told the Daily News.
Berry served 12 years in the Marine Corps starting in September 2000, according to his LinkedIn page. He had been working as a security manager in Tripoli since July.
“Our company was unfortunately a victim of the terrorist event,” Taylor told The News.
“We would like to extend our extraordinary condolences to the family of our employees as we mourn their loss with them.”
The early morning assault on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli opened with the heavily armed extremists blasting through security and opening fire in the lobby.
Luckily no one is paying attention because they’re too busy celebrating Obama promising to hand out free community college paid for by people who actually saved for college.