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CORRECTED-Gunmen, Bombers Hit Local Iraqi Govt Compound-sources

Monday, 03 October 2011 06:31 AM EDT

(Corrects day of attack to Monday from Tuesday)

BAGHDAD, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Heavily armed gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a local Iraqi government building in western Anbar province on Monday and took around 15 people hostage including a police chief, police sources said.

Casualties from the attack -- initiated by two suicide bombers -- were not immediately clear, and the Iraqi army had surrounded the compound, the sources said. (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom; Writing by Patrick Markey)

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(Corrects day of attack to Monday from Tuesday) BAGHDAD, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Heavily armed gunmen and suicide bombers stormed a local Iraqi government building in western Anbar province on Monday and took around 15 people hostage including a police chief, police sources...
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