52 killed, 67 injured in Baghdad church hostage drama
Qaeda claims capture of Iraq Christians, warns Egypt
Fifty-two hostages and police were killed on Sunday when Iraqi and U.S. forces raided a Baghdad church to free more than 100 Iraqi Catholics held by al-Qaeda-linked gunmen, a deputy interior minister said.
Lieutenant General Hussein Kamal said on Monday that 67 people were wounded during the raid of the church in central Baghdad by gunmen demanding the release of al-Qaeda prisoners in Iraq and Egypt.
The toll only included hostages and police, not attackers, but did not specify if any were Americans.