Several foreigners have reportedly been taken hostage in the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka.
DHAKA: A restaurant in Dhaka's high-security diplomatic area is under attack by unidentified gunmen, who have taken an unknown number of hostages. Some foreigners are believed to be among the hostages. www.techmyntra.co.in
The Holey Artisan restaurant in the upscale Gulshan area is frequented by foreigners, according to local media reports.
A large number of policemen and Rapid Action Battalion have cordoned off the area, trading gunfire with the attackers who set off bombs and exchanged gunfire with the security officials.
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At least three policemen have been injured in the gunbattle; one of them is said to be critical.
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A kitchen staffer who escaped the attack, told reporters that the attackers were armed with firearms and bombs as they entered the restaurant around 9:20 pm (local time) and took customers and staffers hostage at gunpoint.
"They set off several crude bombs triggering panic," kitchen staffer Sumon Reza said.
Benazir Ahmed, director general of the elite anti-crime force Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, told reporters at 11:20 p.m. (Dhaka time) that security forces were working to save the lives of the people trapped inside. Several foreigners are believed to be among the hostages inside the restaurant.
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"Some derailed youths have entered the restaurant and launched the attack. We have talked to some of the people who fled the restaurant after the attack. We want to resolve this peacefully. We are trying to talk to the attackers, we want to listen to them about what they want," Mr Ahmed said.
Police negotiators were trying to establish communication with the suspected attackers holed up in the restaurant to know of their demands, local media said.
Meanwhile, the External Affairs Ministry said that the Indian High Commission is monitoring the situation.
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A series of deadly attacks, mostly using machetes rather than guns, have targeted bloggers, atheists and religious minorities in Bangladesh in recent months. Nearly two dozen atheist writers, publishers, members of religious minorities, social activists and foreign aid workers have been killed since 2013 by attackers. The frequency of attacks has increased in recent months. On Friday, a Hindu priest was hacked to death in southwest Bangladesh.
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The attacks have raised fears that religious extremists are gaining a foothold in the country, despite its traditions of secularism and tolerance.
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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The Islamic State group and al-Qaida affiliates have claimed responsibility for many of the attacks but the government denies that either group has a presence in the country.
The Holey Artisan restaurant in the upscale Gulshan area is frequented by foreigners, according to local media reports.
A large number of policemen and Rapid Action Battalion have cordoned off the area, trading gunfire with the attackers who set off bombs and exchanged gunfire with the security officials.
www.techmyntra.co.in
At least three policemen have been injured in the gunbattle; one of them is said to be critical.
www.techmyntra.co.in
A kitchen staffer who escaped the attack, told reporters that the attackers were armed with firearms and bombs as they entered the restaurant around 9:20 pm (local time) and took customers and staffers hostage at gunpoint.
"They set off several crude bombs triggering panic," kitchen staffer Sumon Reza said.
At least three policemen have been injured, one of them critically, according to local media reports.
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"Some derailed youths have entered the restaurant and launched the attack. We have talked to some of the people who fled the restaurant after the attack. We want to resolve this peacefully. We are trying to talk to the attackers, we want to listen to them about what they want," Mr Ahmed said.
Police negotiators were trying to establish communication with the suspected attackers holed up in the restaurant to know of their demands, local media said.
Meanwhile, the External Affairs Ministry said that the Indian High Commission is monitoring the situation.
www.techmyntra.co.in
The Holey Artisan restaurant in Dhaka is frequented by foreigners
A series of deadly attacks, mostly using machetes rather than guns, have targeted bloggers, atheists and religious minorities in Bangladesh in recent months. Nearly two dozen atheist writers, publishers, members of religious minorities, social activists and foreign aid workers have been killed since 2013 by attackers. The frequency of attacks has increased in recent months. On Friday, a Hindu priest was hacked to death in southwest Bangladesh.
www.techmyntra.co.in
The attacks have raised fears that religious extremists are gaining a foothold in the country, despite its traditions of secularism and tolerance.
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.
www.techmyntra.co.in
The Islamic State group and al-Qaida affiliates have claimed responsibility for many of the attacks but the government denies that either group has a presence in the country.
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