Small bomb at Derna hotel – no casualties

Inside the Loloa Hotel after the car park explosion

Tripoli, 12 February 2013:

A small bomb has exploded outside a Derna hotel.  The device, thought to be a gelatina, had been placed in a vehicle in the car park at the rear of the five-star Loloa (Pearl) Hotel near the city centre.  The explosion, at around 7.30 this evening blew in glass windows in a back room in the hotel  but caused no injuries. However the explosion did damage two cars belonging to guests.

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