7 hostages were killed, 20 were wounded and 8 gunmen were apprehended after Iraqi security forces stormed a Catholic church in Baghdad in an attempt to free worshipers being held hostage by the gunmen. Roughly 50 worshipers were in the church at the time of the crisis, but 13 managed to escape the church while the gunmen attempted to take control. Initially, the gunmen attacked the Baghdad stock market with car bombs killing two security guards, the church appeared to be a backup plan. The hostage takers wanted to negotiate the release of fellow combatants from jail in return for the hostages. Iraqi forces stormed the church and then a bomb went off killing 7 of the hostages. Ultimately, all 8 gunmen surrendered. The US provided armed remote aerial drones in case the gunmen tried to escape. They also provided overhead surveillance to monitor the situation.
--Ray Treonis
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