Iraqi security forces display vehicles, weapons and ammunition confiscated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which has carried out scores of deadly attacks in recent months.Militants have stormed a university in western Iraq, holding dozens of students and staff hostage.
The attack took place on Saturday morning when gunmen stormed Anbar University near the provincial capital Ramadi, said police and army officials.
An al-Qaida splinter group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) and other Sunni-led militants have controlled parts of Anbar province, including the city of Falluja and parts of Ramadi, since late December.
Iraq is currently grappling with its worst surge in violence since the sectarian bloodshed of 2006 and 2007, when the country was pushed to the brink of civil war despite the presence of tens of thousands of US troops.
The latest violence has been fuelled by Sunni Muslim anger at the Shia-led government in Baghdad, as well as the civil war in neighbouring Syria. Isil has carried out scores of deadly attacks on both sides of the border and imposed a brutal form of Islamic rule in territories under its control. It was not immediately clear if Isil was behind the university attack.
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