Iraq police siege ends in shoot-out

Iraqi Security forces have stormed a police station taken over by gunmen, leaving three hostages dead.

Brig. Mohammed al-Fahdawi of the Iraqi Army’s 7th Division in Anbar province confirmed three of the hostages died in the incident along with all of the gunmen.

The gunmen were disguised as police officers when they entered the station in the town of al-Baghdadi in western Iraq and took police officers as well as civilians working there hostage.