Two Bangladesh police officers were killed and 30 were wounded in a standaoff between the police and the gunmen who attacked the restaurant. “Islamic State commandos attack a restaurant frequented by foreigners in the city of Dhaka in Bangladesh,” Amaq, a news agency linked to Daesh (also known as ISIS and ISIL) reported. Hours into the standoff, in which two police officers were killed, Daesh issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack. “I managed to flee during this confusion.” The total number of hostages, including restaurant employees, was not known. Article Continued Below“They blasted several crude bombs, causing wide-scale panic among everyone,” Reza told a Bangladeshi newspaper, The Daily Star.

Source: thestar July 01, 2016 17:58 UTC