The restaurant sits in Gulshan, one of Dhaka's most affluent neighborhoods, mere steps from many of the embassies that make up Dhaka's diplomatic enclave. They all went to school in the U.S. but were either visiting family in Bangladesh or there on internships. They were among those trapped for hours by armed gunmen Friday inside a cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hours earlier, one of the gunmen, who'd been unleashing hell on the floor below, had walked up to the door. Operation ThunderboltAll through the night, family members — responding to texts from inside the restaurant — rushed to the scene, desperately pleading with police for more information.

Source: CNN July 03, 2016 18:00 UTC