Iraq forces kill attackers, free hostages: officials

Iraqi forces ended a hostage crisis in Baghdad on Thursday after they killed four remaining attackers who stormed a building occupied by a state-owned company, officials said.

January 30, 2014

Sahoub Baghdadi

 


 


BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces ended a hostage crisis in Baghdad on Thursday after they killed four remaining attackers who stormed a building occupied by a state-owned company, officials said.



The remaining hostages were freed, interior ministry spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan said. A police colonel and another interior ministry official confirmed that the attackers had been killed. — AFP


January 30, 2014
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