12 killed in bomb, gun battle at Iraq central bank

At least 12 people were killed and 22 wounded on Sunday after a bomb attack on Iraq's central bank and a subsequent gun battle between security forces and gunmen, officials said.

The attackers, who might have been attempting to rob the bank's vaults, had ended up on the rooftops of some of the buildings within the Central Bank of Iraq's compound, said a bank spokesman. (Reuters)