Deadly Bangladesh hostage siege ends. DHAKA, Bangladesh - - Heavy gunfire and explosions rang out Saturday morning as Bangladesh security forces backed by armored vehicles moved to end a 1. Bangladesh's diplomatic zone. After a standoff overnight, a large contingent of security forces moved in Saturday morning to rescue the hostages being held inside the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka's Gulshan area. About 3. 5 people had been taken hostage, including about 2. Friday night. Lt. Tuhin Mohammad Masud, the commanding officer of Bangladeshi commandos, said at least six of the gunman had been killed and 1. He said there were casualties among other hostages, but did not provide details. Local media reported that an Argentine and two Bangladeshis were also rescued, but details about their condition were not immediately available. Bangladeshi TV stations reported that the rescue operation began at 7: 4. It included army personnel with automatic weapons and at least seven armored vehicles. Several ambulances were on standby. Commandos storming the restaurant discovered five bodies lying in blood, a police official who was not identified told Channel 2. TV station. It wasn't clear if they were militants or hostages. View Gallery. An ambulance is seen after police stormed the Holey Artisan restaurant to rescue hostages, after gunmen attacked it and took hostages early on Saturday, in Dhaka, Bangladesh in this still frame taken from video July 2, 2. Ten of the injured were listed in critical condition. The injuries include bullet wounds and broken bones, they said. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attack. ISIS and al Qaeda affiliates have claimed responsibility for many recent attacks in the country but the government denies that either group has a presence there. The attackers had . Masood, said during an interview late Friday with the Indian TV channel Times Now. He said the police cordon would prevent any of the attackers from escaping. We want to resolve this peacefully. We are trying to talk to the attackers, we want to listen to them about what they want. Our first priority is to save the lives of the people trapped inside. Friday, initially opening fire with blanks. Seven Italian nationals were thought to be among the hostages, Italian state television said, quoting the Italian ambassador to Bangladesh. The Gunmen Of El Paso by Skeeter Skelton Shooting Times Magazine December 1969 The railroads, four of them, came in '81, and from their cars disgorged preachers and prostitutes, jurors and confidence men, along with an abrasive assortment of cowboys, gandy.The ambassador said one Italian who escaped said seven other businessmen were trapped inside. Among the hostages were a businessman, his wife and two children, according to his uncle Anwarul Karim. View Gallery. People carry an injured man near the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant during an attack by unidentified gunmen in Dhaka's high- security diplomatic district on July 2, 2. He told me, 'Please save us, please!' And he hung up. Embassy in Dhaka advised people to shelter in place. President Obama was briefed on the situation by his counterterrorism adviser, Lisa Monaco, a White House official told CBS News. Obama asked to be kept informed as the situation developed.
Bangladesh, a traditionally moderate Muslim- majority nation, has recently seen an upsurge in militant violence. Nearly two dozen atheist writers, publishers, members of religious minorities, social activists and foreign aid workers have been slain since 2. The frequency of attacks has increased in recent months. On Friday, a Hindu temple worker was hacked to death by at least three assailants in southwest Bangladesh. Vile ISIS magazine calls for Nice-style terror truck attack on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York ISIS 11-11-2016 The terror group's top officials are urging supporters to repeat the Bastille Day atrocity in Nice which left 86 dead and scores injured. The attacks have raised fears that religious extremists are gaining a foothold in the country, despite its traditions of secularism and tolerance. On Thursday, the State Department officially designated al Qaeda's affiliate in Bangladesh, al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, as a foreign terrorist organization. The group has claimed responsibility for the killings of U. Former Minister of Environment, Laurentia Malam and her husband have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. Spokesman for the Kaduna Police command, Aliyu Usman confirmed the incident. He said that security. At least six gunmen dead and 13 hostages rescued after 10-hour standoff at upscale restaurant popular with foreigners; at least five bodies found inside. Two police officers were killed and at least 26 people wounded in an earlier gunbattle. Ten of the injured were. S. Embassy worker Xulhaz Manna, who was hacked to death, according to the department. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government has cracked down on domestic radical Islamists. It has accused local terrorists and opposition political parties - especially the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its Islamist ally Jamaat- e- Islami - of orchestrating the violence in order to destabilize the nation, which both parties deny.
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