Iraqi forces cordoned off the university on Saturday and attacked the terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), rescuing all of the hostages, Chairman of al-Anbar Provincial Council Sabah Karhut said.
The assault was spearheaded by Iraqi special forces.
The terrorists were given some time to surrender themselves and their weapons, Karhut added.
According to local reports, heavy gunfire could be heard and scores of people were reported killed or injured.
Earlier, armed elements of the ISIL infiltrated the university from the nearby Al-Tasha area, killed its security guards, and took staff and students hostage at the university campus of the troubled Iraqi city.
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