Two FBI agents have been shot in St. Louis during a siege at a residential home close to protests

The Daily Mail reports:

Two FBI agents have been shot in St. Louis, near riot-ravaged Ferguson, after attending a siege at someone's home.

The agents were injured by gunfire early on Wednesday morning after racing to investigate reports of a person barricaded inside a house on the intersection of North Hanley Road and Monroe Avenue.

The shooting occurred at 3.15am but their conditions aren't known.

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