Bangladesh cafe frequented by diplomats hit by gunmen

Bangladesh was hit by gunmen

At least two were killed and several more wounded in a Friday terror attack at a cafe in Bangladesh.

The Express reported five gunmen killed two Italian citizens, and wounded two police officers and a civilian.

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Police and emergency responders sealed off the cafe, while the Dhaka Tribune said the attackers had taken at least 20 hostage.

“Unknown number of people are still inside but we cannot confirm whether they are held hostage,” police officer Sayedur Rahman said, to Agence France-Presse.

Local media outlets reported that several men carting firearms had stormed into Holey Artisan Bakery and opened fire. The cafe is a popular eating and meeting spot for diplomats, BBC reported.

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The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, meanwhile, tweeted there were “reports of shooting and a hostage situation.”

The identity of the attackers, or their motives, aren’t yet known. A local police officer did tell BBC, however, Islamic terrorists were suspected.

One worker at the bakery who witnessed the attack said to the Express: ‘They blasted several crude bombs causing widespread panic among everyone. I managed to flee during this confusion.”

And another witness said to the same paper he heard gunfire from his nearby home and the scene “looked quite bad.”

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