Dhaka cafe siege: All 20 hostages killed are foreigners:
Gunmen seized a bakery in Dhaka overnight, killing 20 hostages and two officers in a standoff that ended Saturday morning, the Bangladeshi military said.
All the hostages killed were foreigners, the military said.
The attackers used guns, explosive devices and “a lot of sharp domestic weapons,” said Brig. Gen. Naeem Ashfaq Chowdhury of the Bangladesh army. The hostages’ bodies were found after the standoff ended more than 10 hours later.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said 13 hostages were rescued”We were able to save 13 people, we weren’t able to save a few,“ Hasina said at a news conference. Six terrorists were killed and one was captured alive, she said.One Japanese national and two Sri Lankans were among the hostages rescued, officials from both nations said.The rescued Japanese national was having dinner with seven other colleagues from Japan, who are missing, said Koichii Hagiuda, the deputy chief Cabinet secretary.
