Five rescued in Dhaka hostage crisis
Five people have been rescued by a team of joint forces within 10 minutes of their rescue operation at a Gulshan restaurant in Dhaka.
Identities of the rescued people could not be known.
Prothom Alo correspondents reported from the scene that a SWAT team and law enforcers started their combined operation at 7:30 in the morning.
Gulshan United Hospital sources said a total of 36 injured were treated in the hospital, among them, two were dead.
A total of 24 people are under medical treatment.
A group of gun wielding youths numbering eight to nine and aged between 20 and 28 stormed the restaurant in the diplomatic zone of Dhaka around 8:30pm in the evening, firing gunshots and charging bombs.
Witnesses said the gunmen were carrying swords and chanting ‘Allahu-Akbar’ while storming the restaurant.
It is believed that over 50 customers, including at least 20 foreigners were inside the Holey Artisan Bakery on Road 79, which is popular with foreigners.