Army soldiers patrol near the Holey Artisan restaurant after gunmen attacked the upscale cafe, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2, 2016. (Photo: Reuters)
Jul 02, 2016
Twenty hostages and six gunmen have died after an attack on a cafe in Bangladesh. Thirteen hostages were reportedly rescued Saturday morning, ending the overnight siege in a diplomatic zone of Dhaka.
BBC reports that the "siege began as diners were gathering to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan." Reuters adds, "The restaurant was regarded as a tranquil place that was safe to visit in an increasingly dangerous city."
According toAgence France-Presse, "the army said most of the slain civilians were either Italian or Japanese. Most had been slaughtered with sharpened weapons." The Associated Pressreports that a student at Emory University has been identified by the school as one of the victims.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which USA Today noted was "the latest in a series of dozens of Islamic State and Al-Qaeda-linked murders, often by hacking or stabbing but sometimes by shooting, mostly targeting writers, activists, foreigners and religious minorities in the majority Muslim country."
Indeed, earlier on Friday a Hindu temple worker was hacked to death in the south-west of the country in the latest attack blamed on radical Islamists, police said.
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Twenty hostages and six gunmen have died after an attack on a cafe in Bangladesh. Thirteen hostages were reportedly rescued Saturday morning, ending the overnight siege in a diplomatic zone of Dhaka.
BBC reports that the "siege began as diners were gathering to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan." Reuters adds, "The restaurant was regarded as a tranquil place that was safe to visit in an increasingly dangerous city."
According toAgence France-Presse, "the army said most of the slain civilians were either Italian or Japanese. Most had been slaughtered with sharpened weapons." The Associated Pressreports that a student at Emory University has been identified by the school as one of the victims.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which USA Today noted was "the latest in a series of dozens of Islamic State and Al-Qaeda-linked murders, often by hacking or stabbing but sometimes by shooting, mostly targeting writers, activists, foreigners and religious minorities in the majority Muslim country."
Indeed, earlier on Friday a Hindu temple worker was hacked to death in the south-west of the country in the latest attack blamed on radical Islamists, police said.
Deirdre Fulton
Deirdre Fulton is a former Common Dreams senior editor and staff writer. Previously she worked as an editor and writer for the Portland Phoenix and the Boston Phoenix, where she was honored by the New England Press Association and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. A Boston University graduate, Deirdre is a co-founder of the Maine-based Lorem Ipsum Theater Collective and the PortFringe theater festival. She writes young adult fiction in her spare time.
Twenty hostages and six gunmen have died after an attack on a cafe in Bangladesh. Thirteen hostages were reportedly rescued Saturday morning, ending the overnight siege in a diplomatic zone of Dhaka.
BBC reports that the "siege began as diners were gathering to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan." Reuters adds, "The restaurant was regarded as a tranquil place that was safe to visit in an increasingly dangerous city."
According toAgence France-Presse, "the army said most of the slain civilians were either Italian or Japanese. Most had been slaughtered with sharpened weapons." The Associated Pressreports that a student at Emory University has been identified by the school as one of the victims.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which USA Today noted was "the latest in a series of dozens of Islamic State and Al-Qaeda-linked murders, often by hacking or stabbing but sometimes by shooting, mostly targeting writers, activists, foreigners and religious minorities in the majority Muslim country."
Indeed, earlier on Friday a Hindu temple worker was hacked to death in the south-west of the country in the latest attack blamed on radical Islamists, police said.
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