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Gunmen take some 20 hostages in Dhaka diplomatic quarter, Bangladesh - reports Gunmen take at least 20 hostages in Dhaka diplomatic quarter, Bangladesh - reports
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Gunmen have attacked a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Friday, according to police and witness reports. Gunmen have attacked a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Friday, according to police and witness reports. At least one policeman has reportedly died, and dozens of people are being held hostage.
There are “reports of shooting and hostage situation,” the US embassy in Bangladesh has tweeted.There are “reports of shooting and hostage situation,” the US embassy in Bangladesh has tweeted.
Bangladeshi police exchanged fire with armed men at a Dhaka restaurant popular with foreigners, Reuters reported.Bangladeshi police exchanged fire with armed men at a Dhaka restaurant popular with foreigners, Reuters reported.
At least 20 people, most of them foreigners, have been taken hostage, according to local media citing witnesses. Several police officials have been injured. At least 20 people, most of them foreigners, have been taken hostage, according to local media citing witnesses. Several policemen have been injured. One of them later died of his wounds, a top official at Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) confirmed.
The attack was carried out by a group of at least nine people, according to local media. They entered the restaurant at around 9:20pm local time and reportedly opened fire and set off explosions. A kitchen worker who managed to escape the building said the attackers chanted “Allahu Akbar.” The attack was carried out by a group of at least nine people, according to local media. They entered the restaurant at around 9:20pm local time and reportedly opened fire and set off explosions.
“They blasted several crude bombs, causing wide-scale panic among everyone. I managed to flee during this confusion,” he said, according to Hindustan Times. One of the attackers was armed with a sword, the others carried guns, an employee of a nearby café told RT. He estimated the number of hostages as at least 30.
The site was quickly cordoned off by a large number of police officers and personnel of the Rapid Action Battalion. A kitchen worker who managed to escape the building said the attackers chanted “Allahu Akbar.”
“They blasted several crude bombs, causing wide-scale panic among everyone. I managed to flee during this confusion,” he said, according to The Daily Star, a Bangladeshi English-language newspaper. The paper puts the number of injuries at 30.
Police have cordoned off the site and are now planning a rescue operation, a police chief told Reuters.
The targeted area of Gulshan is a neighborhood in the capital city of Dhaka that hosts many nongovernmental organizations and embassies, including that of the US.The targeted area of Gulshan is a neighborhood in the capital city of Dhaka that hosts many nongovernmental organizations and embassies, including that of the US.
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