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Baghdad: Gunmen take hostages in mall, 7 killed
Baghdad, Jan 11 (IBNS): Gunmen on Monday blew up a car bomb, resorted to gunfire in a crowded area and took hostages in a shopping mall in Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least seven people, media reports said.
"About 20 assailants stormed the al-Jawhara shopping centre in the mainly Shia Muslim district of New Baghdad after a car bomb exploded outside," BBC reported.
According to reports, there might be as many as 75 people inside the centre.
No one has claimed responsibility of the attack so far.
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