Dhaka Gunmen Attack

One of nine suspected terrorists killed in a police raid in Bangladesh this week was a Bangladeshi-American who was a friend of one of the gunmen who attacked a cafe on July 1 killing 22 people, police said on Thursday.

For nearly 12 hours during which they held people hostage, a group of seven young terrorists forced the staff at an upmarket restaurant in Dhaka to cook a series of meals for them - pasta and fish were their preferred choices, said a young chef who cannot be named for security reasons.

Bangladeshi police hunted on Tuesday for six members of a domestic Islamist group they suspect helped gunmen attack a Dhaka cafe, as officials began questioning families of the militants for clues as to what turned them into killers.

A Bangladeshi politician has spoken of his shock on discovering his son was one of the suspected gunmen who murdered foreign hostages, and said many young men from wealthy, educated families had gone missing.

Seven terrorists who killed 20 people at a Dhaka restaurant made no demands and a person taken alive by police was only a suspect admitted in hospital, Bangladesh's home minister said on Sunday, rejecting ISIS' claims of responsibility.

The terrorists who launched Friday's attack on a Dhaka restaurant, slaughtering 20 hostages, were members of a homegrown Bangladeshi militant group and not followers of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, a senior minister of Bangladesh has said.

More than 70 policemen crowded the entrance of a narrow lane leading to the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka's leafy Gulshan area - the place where gunmen killed over 20 people including 19-year-old Tarishi Jain in a siege that started on Friday night.

Nineteen-year-old Tarishi Jain, who was killed in the Dhaka terror attack, had made a terrified call to her family in Uttar Pradesh from a toilet of the Holey Artisan Bakery as ISIS gunmen went on the rampage. That was at 1.30 a.m. -- the last time her family spoke to her.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi condemned on Saturday a deadly attack in the Bangladeshi capital where suspected Islamist gunmen stormed into a cafe and killed 20 of the hostages inside, including some Italians.

At least 20 people were killed and 13 hostages were rescued from an upscale restaurant in the heart of Dhaka after over a 10-hour long siege by heavily-armed terrorists. Six gunmen were also killed and one was captured alive in a dawn raid today, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said

The details remain murky. On Friday night, assailants assaulted a restaurant in an upscale neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh's teeming capital. They fired weapons and hurled grenades. Initial reports suggest that there are six to eight gunmen inside the establishment, detaining about 20 hostages. At least one police officer has been slain during th...

A 19-year-old Indian woman was among 20 people killed by heavily-armed terrorists who attacked an upscale restaurant in the heart of Dhaka last evening, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. Six gunmen were killed and one captured by security forces this morning, ending the over 10-hour siege.

Seven Italian nationals are thought to be among the hostages taken by gunmen who stormed a cafe popular with foreigners in the capital of Bangladesh on Friday, Italian state television said quoting the Italian ambassador to Bangladesh.

All Indian High Commission officials are reported to be safe and the Indian High Commission is monitoring the situation, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday night amid reports of a hostage situation in Dhaka where gunmen have taken 20 people hostage.

A restaurant in Dhaka's high-security Gulshan area is under attack by unidentified gunmen, who have also taken nearly 20 hostages, reports have said. Bangladesh police and terrorists have exchanged fire.

One of nine suspected terrorists killed in a police raid in Bangladesh this week was a Bangladeshi-American who was a friend of one of the gunmen who attacked a cafe on July 1 killing 22 people, police said on Thursday.

For nearly 12 hours during which they held people hostage, a group of seven young terrorists forced the staff at an upmarket restaurant in Dhaka to cook a series of meals for them - pasta and fish were their preferred choices, said a young chef who cannot be named for security reasons.

Bangladeshi police hunted on Tuesday for six members of a domestic Islamist group they suspect helped gunmen attack a Dhaka cafe, as officials began questioning families of the militants for clues as to what turned them into killers.

A Bangladeshi politician has spoken of his shock on discovering his son was one of the suspected gunmen who murdered foreign hostages, and said many young men from wealthy, educated families had gone missing.

Seven terrorists who killed 20 people at a Dhaka restaurant made no demands and a person taken alive by police was only a suspect admitted in hospital, Bangladesh's home minister said on Sunday, rejecting ISIS' claims of responsibility.

The terrorists who launched Friday's attack on a Dhaka restaurant, slaughtering 20 hostages, were members of a homegrown Bangladeshi militant group and not followers of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq, a senior minister of Bangladesh has said.

More than 70 policemen crowded the entrance of a narrow lane leading to the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka's leafy Gulshan area - the place where gunmen killed over 20 people including 19-year-old Tarishi Jain in a siege that started on Friday night.

Nineteen-year-old Tarishi Jain, who was killed in the Dhaka terror attack, had made a terrified call to her family in Uttar Pradesh from a toilet of the Holey Artisan Bakery as ISIS gunmen went on the rampage. That was at 1.30 a.m. -- the last time her family spoke to her.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi condemned on Saturday a deadly attack in the Bangladeshi capital where suspected Islamist gunmen stormed into a cafe and killed 20 of the hostages inside, including some Italians.

At least 20 people were killed and 13 hostages were rescued from an upscale restaurant in the heart of Dhaka after over a 10-hour long siege by heavily-armed terrorists. Six gunmen were also killed and one was captured alive in a dawn raid today, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said

The details remain murky. On Friday night, assailants assaulted a restaurant in an upscale neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh's teeming capital. They fired weapons and hurled grenades. Initial reports suggest that there are six to eight gunmen inside the establishment, detaining about 20 hostages. At least one police officer has been slain during th...

A 19-year-old Indian woman was among 20 people killed by heavily-armed terrorists who attacked an upscale restaurant in the heart of Dhaka last evening, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. Six gunmen were killed and one captured by security forces this morning, ending the over 10-hour siege.

Seven Italian nationals are thought to be among the hostages taken by gunmen who stormed a cafe popular with foreigners in the capital of Bangladesh on Friday, Italian state television said quoting the Italian ambassador to Bangladesh.

All Indian High Commission officials are reported to be safe and the Indian High Commission is monitoring the situation, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday night amid reports of a hostage situation in Dhaka where gunmen have taken 20 people hostage.

A restaurant in Dhaka's high-security Gulshan area is under attack by unidentified gunmen, who have also taken nearly 20 hostages, reports have said. Bangladesh police and terrorists have exchanged fire.