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Iraq city of Ramadi hit by attacks Iraq city of Ramadi hit by attacks on police station
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Gunmen have stormed a police building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi after detonating explosives around it, police say. Insurgents detonated bombs around a police building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi before storming it wearing explosive-belts, police say.
Bombs went off outside the building before gunmen - wearing explosive belts, said one report - moved in. The number of casualties is unknown, but one report said five people had died and six were wounded.
The building is currently surrounded by security forces. There are reports of hostages as security forces surround the building in the centre of the city.
Ramadi - 100km (60 miles) west of Baghdad - was once a stronghold for the insurgency led by al-Qaeda. Militant attacks are now intermittent. Ramadi - 100km (60 miles) west of Baghdad - was once a stronghold for the insurgency led by al-Qaeda.
Militant attacks are now intermittent.
Al-Qaeda prisoners
The AFP news agency quoted two police officers, speaking on condition of anonymity, as saying that two car bombs went off near the Dawlah Kabir Mosque in central Ramadi at around 11:30 local time (08:30 GMT).The AFP news agency quoted two police officers, speaking on condition of anonymity, as saying that two car bombs went off near the Dawlah Kabir Mosque in central Ramadi at around 11:30 local time (08:30 GMT).
A third car bomb also went off in the city centre, and a fourth car bomb detonated near the police building a short while later.A third car bomb also went off in the city centre, and a fourth car bomb detonated near the police building a short while later.
Two suicide bombers then blew themselves up inside the building before armed insurgents moved in.Two suicide bombers then blew themselves up inside the building before armed insurgents moved in.
Clashes were continuing into the afternoon, the officers said.Clashes were continuing into the afternoon, the officers said.
The building holds several al-Qaeda suspects in a jail, a police official told Reuters news agency reports.
"Police and army are surrounding the building. There is no exchange of fire, but the security forces are studying storming the building and saving the hostages," the official said.
On Saturday, a suicide bomber targeting Shia pilgrims killed 53 people on the outskirts of the southern city of Basra.
The violence comes only weeks after US troops completed their withdrawal from Iraq and amid a political crisis, which has seen tensions rise between the country's Shia majority and Sunni minority.