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Libyan security forces surround Tripoli hotel - security spokesman


    TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan security forces are surrounding a Tripoli luxury hotel where gunmen are holed up after launching a car bomb attack, a security spokesman said on Tuesday.

    "Three gunmen who are believed to have carried out a car explosion in the car park of the Corinthia hotel have been trapped by our Security (SECURITY.8)forces," Essam Naas said.

    Two Filipino women were wounded by smashed window glass, he added.

    (Reporting by Libya team; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Hugh Lawson)