“At least 17 people are reported to have been killed in an attack on a shopping centre in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, during which people were taken hostage.
About 20 gunmen stormed the al-Jawhara shopping centre in the mainly Shia al-Jadeda area on Monday evening, after a car bomb exploded outside.
Security forces sealed off the area and then stormed the building, killing the assailants and freeing their hostages, an interior ministry spokesman said.”
Source: Iraq conflict: Gunmen attack Baghdad shopping centre – BBC News
