BAGHDAD — Gunmen wearing suicide belts raided a local government building in Samarra on Tuesday, killing four government employees and three police officers in a two-hour battle with security forces, Iraqi officials said. Four of the gunmen died in the fighting, and a fifth blew himself up inside the building, the officials said.
At least 35 people were wounded, officials said.
They said that the five insurgents were able to make their way into the building after another blew up himself at the entrance to the compound in Samarra, a city about 75 miles north of Baghdad.
Security forces stormed the compound and were able to free government employees who had been taken hostage by the gunmen, officials said.
The officials said that Samarra was placed under a curfew and additional security measures, including helicopter surveillance, were put into effect.Continue reading the main sto
Samarra is the site of the Golden Mosque, one of Iraq’s most revered Shiite shrines, whose bombing in 2006 set off sectarian fury in cities and towns across the country.
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