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| Bangladesh hostage crisis: 2 killed, 35 injured as gunmen storm capital's diplomatic quarter | |
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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. At least two policemen have 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 policemen have been injured. One of them later died of his wounds, a top official at Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) confirmed. | 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. |
| A second policeman wounded in the attack, Robiul Islam, assistant commissioner of Uttara zone Detective Branch, has been declared dead, senior police officials confirmed later on, according to the Daily Star. | |
| Bangladesh’s authorities are trying to persuade the attackers to release the hostages, the Times of India reports. | Bangladesh’s authorities are trying to persuade the attackers to release the hostages, the Times of India reports. |
| All TV networks across Bangladesh have stopped live coverage at the request of police, local media websites report. | |
| “We heard the shooting noise and blasting bombs… It is quiet now,” a witness who lives a kilometer from the restaurant told RT. | “We heard the shooting noise and blasting bombs… It is quiet now,” a witness who lives a kilometer from the restaurant told RT. |
| “I’m particularly worried about what is going to happen in the next hours…” the man said, adding that he doesn’t know what actions local authorities are taking and he is concerned that if police try to catch the attackers, it may lead to more bloodshed. | “I’m particularly worried about what is going to happen in the next hours…” the man said, adding that he doesn’t know what actions local authorities are taking and he is concerned that if police try to catch the attackers, it may lead to more bloodshed. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| A kitchen worker who managed to escape the building said the attackers chanted “Allahu Akbar.” | 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. | “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. | 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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