WASHINGTON: Two FBI agents were killed on Tuesday and three others were wounded as they tried to serve a search warrant at a Florida home in an early morning raid that turned into one of the federal law enforcement agency's bloodiest episodes in decades, the bureau said.

As a team of law enforcement officers tried to execute the court-ordered warrant involving violent crimes against children at a home in Sunrise, Florida, shots were fired at 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT), the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. Two wounded agents were hospitalized in stable condition, the FBI said.

The subject of the warrant also died, it said. None of the victims were identified.