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In Bangladesh capital,Gunmen take Dozens Hostage and Kill 4 police Officers
July,2,2016
Bangladesh Attack;
Friday night ,attackers stormed a restaurant in Bangladesh's capital, taking about 40 people within the diplomatic enclave hostage and exchanging gunfire with police, killing four security personnel,a senior police official, Assistant Superintendent Fazle-e-Elahi, told media,a team of seven or eight attackers entered the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka's Gulshan area around 9:20 p.m. local time (11:20 a.m. ET) and were holding customers and staff captive — including one Westerner —at gunpoint.
The ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency reported that the ISIS had claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the terror research firms Flashpoint Intelligence and Site Intelligence Group. The claim has not been confirmed, and the State Department said it was still assessing it.Fazle-e-Elahi said most of the police casualties occurred when one hostage escaped and as officers rushed to help him a grenade was tossed at them from a balcony. The dead included the assistant police commissioner.He described the assailants as "heavily armed and equipped" and "tactically sound."," Fazle-e-Elahi said,"The attackers are not identified. They were shouting 'Allah Akbar' when they entered the restaurant.
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