CBI security chief says all 7 gunmen killed

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: All seven gunmen who attacked the Central Bank of Iraq earlier on Sunday were killed, adding the incident also left 16 of the bank employees killed or wounded, according to the CBI security chief. “The seven bodies of the armed men who attempted to raid the CBI are on the site,” Abdulmahdi al-Amiri told IraqiNews.com news agency. “There were some damage in the CBI building as a result of the attack but the bank is not going to be closed tomorrow (Monday),” he added. Earlier, the spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) Maj. General Qassem Atta said fifteen civilians and three terrorists were killed in the armed attack on the CBI in Baghdad. “The assault left 15 local residents and three terrorists killed,” Atta was quoted by al-Iraqiya TV. Atta had told IraqiNews.com news agency that security forces were closing in on the group of gunmen that detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) off the CBI entrance in central Baghdad. AmR (P) 2