2 police officers killed as Dhaka hostage crisis deepens Islamic State claims credit for the attack, 20-30 including foreigners held hostage at Spanish restaurant in the Gulshan zone

2 police officers killed as Dhaka hostage crisis deepens

Islamic State claims credit for the attack, 20-30 including foreigners held hostage at Spanish restaurant in the Gulshan zone

Star Online Report

Two police officers were killed as law enforcers try to smoke out gunmen who took a number of people, including foreigners, hostage inside a Spanish restaurant in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone Friday evening.

According to diplomatic sources, there may be 20 to 30 people who are being held hostage now.

The incident, that began around 8:45pm tonight at Holey Artisan Bakery, a Spanish restaurant, on Road 79, has caused to injuries of at least 30 people including police officials.

Around midnight, Banani police Officer-in-Charge Salauddin Khan succumbed to the injuries he sustained during the encounter, Ataul Kibria, police’s deputy commissioner of diplomatic zone’s security, told The Daily Star.