07/06/2014 14:02
Hostages seized at Iraq university
Militants in Iraq have stormed a university campus in the western city of Ramadi, taking dozens of students and staff hostage, the BBC reported.
One report said some guards had been killed at the Anbar University campus.
The unconfirmed report also said the militants were from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group.
The western province of Anbar is a focal point of Iraq's rising sectarian violence, with a number of areas controlled by Sunni militants.
Parts of Ramadi have been under their control for months.
Police said militants had infiltrated the campus from the neighbouring al-Tasha district, blowing up a bridge that connects to the university's main gate.
Security forces have sealed off the campus.
The staff and students are reportedly being held in a dormitory.