#Gunmen take hostages at northern #Iraq court house
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Gunmen in military uniform broke into the city council and court house complex in Samarra in northern Iraq on Tuesday and took employees hostage, officials said, in the second such attack in the central Salaheddin province in recent months. Clashes broke out between security forces and two militants, possibly wearing explosives-rigged vests or belts, who took the headquarters, while a suicide bomber targeted police and anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen when they arrived at the scene. read more