Gunmen Who Stormed The University of Anbar In Iraq Have Now Deserted The Campus

Gunmen Flee Iraq University After Brief Siege -- Al Jazeera

Students and staff leave University of Anbar after gunmen briefly hold them hostage before deserting campus.

Gunmen who stormed the University of Anbar in the Iraqi city of Ramadi and briefly took students and staff hostage have now deserted the campus, police sources have told Al Jazeera, as the government struggles with a revitalised assault from rebels.

The hostages fled to safety after the armed men left and security forces then secured the area.

There were no reports of casualties in Saturday's incident, which the police blamed on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.

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