TEHRAN, July 23 - Kurdish security forces killed gunmen who had stormed government building in the Kurdish city of Erbil on Monday in an attack suspected of being carried out by Daesh, security officials said,
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Armed with pistols, AK-47 rifles and hand grenades, the assailants shot their way into the building from the main gate and a side entrance. According to preliminary investigations, one government employee was killed. Two policemen were wounded.
The gunmen approached the entrance of the building shortly before 8 a.m. and opened fire, Erbil deputy governor Tahir Abdullah told Reuters.
Seizing the third floor and taking an unspecified number of hostages, the men -- estimated to number at least four - screamed "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest). Two of them carried out suicide bombings.
Hand grenades were hurled at security forces. Snipers took up positions on a nearby building in Erbil's busy commercial district and opened fire at the militants, Reuters reported.
"We believe that the attackers are from Islamic State because of the tactics they used in breaking into the building from the main gate. Two gunmen used pistols to shoot at the guards," said a security official.
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