Some 50-75 People Trapped In East Baghdad Mall After Gunmen Storm It
Police and medical officials have told AP that the gunmen who stormed a mall in a predominantly Shi'ite neighborhood of eastern Baghdad have taken between 50-75 people hostage.
Ten people have been killed including three police officers. Some 25 people have been injured.
The gunmen set off a car bomb at the entrance to the mall before storming it.
AP and the BBC are also reporting that the gunmen who stormed the shopping mall in eastern Baghdad have taken hostages.
Some reports are saying that the gunmen who stormed a mall in a Shi'ite district of Eastern Baghdad have taken hostages, but that seems to be unconfirmed.
Reuters has more on the reports that gunmen have killed people in a Baghdadi shopping mall.
Police sources said that four gunmen charged into the Jawaher mall in the predominately Shi'ite district of Baghdad Jadida, after a car bomb exploded outside, killing seven people were killed and injuring 27 more.
It is not clear if the gunmen have taken hostages of if they have killed anyone inside the mall. The sources said that the gunmen may have been wearing suicide vests.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
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