Dhaka hostage standoff: New gunfire at cafe
Source: CNN
Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN)After hours of quiet at a cafe in the Bagladesh capital where terrorists were holding hostages, a fresh round of heavy gunfire punctured the air Saturday morning, witnesses told CNN.
Media have reported that police stormed the restaurant, Holey Artisan Bakery, in Dhaka.
Armed terrorists may have as many as 20 hostages at the cafe in a diplomatic zone.
The hostage crisis followed a Friday night gunbattle with police that left at least two senior officers dead and 40 people injured.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the terror attack, according to Amaq, an ISIS media branch, but some U.S. officials cast doubt on the claim.
As police exchanged fire with the gunmen, the attackers threw explosives at officers, a source at the scene said.
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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/01/asia/bangladesh-dhaka-shooting/
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Warpy
(111,466 posts)per BBC story 5 minutes ago: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36692332
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)...Never Ever !!!1111!!!!
Eugene
(61,974 posts)The shooting has stopped, but there is still a news blackout.
Some hostages killed. Some escaped.