Dhaka, Bangladesh : A dessert chef who is only one of two Italians to survive the Dhaka restaurant siege says he took refuge in an adjoining house and stayed there long after the massacre ended.
Jacopo Bioni, 34, tells Sky TG24 TV in a phone interview broadcast Sunday, that after jumping two stories down onto the property of a nearby house, the residents, although "understandably" frightened by his sudden appearance, welcomed and hid him. Bioni says when he saw an attacker point a rifle at a table of Italian diners, he fled to the roof without thinking twice. Bioni says police came to talk to him Saturday morning and then he left the house in the afternoon.
Says Bioni: "I grabbed two things and my passport, headed to the airport and caught the first flight out." That flight took him to Bangkok, and Bioni says he can't wait to return to Italy on Monday.
He says he has no desire to look at attack photos on social or other media, since he prefers to remember Bangladesh in happier times.
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Jacopo Bioni, 34, tells Sky TG24 TV in a phone interview broadcast Sunday, that after jumping two stories down onto the property of a nearby house, the residents, although "understandably" frightened by his sudden appearance, welcomed and hid him. Bioni says when he saw an attacker point a rifle at a table of Italian diners, he fled to the roof without thinking twice. Bioni says police came to talk to him Saturday morning and then he left the house in the afternoon.
He says he has no desire to look at attack photos on social or other media, since he prefers to remember Bangladesh in happier times.
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