IS claims responsibility for Dhaka hostage: SITE
The SITE Intelligence Group has tweeted that the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIS) claimed the responsibility for the Dhaka restaurant hostage in which at least two police officers were killed and scores injured.
“#ISIS' 'Amaq News Agency reported that #ISIS fighters carried out the attack at a restaurant in #Dhaka #Bangladesh,” reads the tweet of the US-based SITE Intelligence Group.
The tweets were posted at 1:30am on Saturday Bangladesh time.
A group of gun wielding youths numbering eight to nine and aged between 20 and 28 stormed a hotel in the diplomatic zone of Dhaka around 8:30pm in the evening, firing gunshots and charging bombs.
It is believed that over 50 customers, including at least 20 foreigners were inside the restaurant named Holey Artisan Bakery.
At least two police officers were killed and over 50 others injured as the gunmen fought an hour-long battle with the law enforcers.
The deceased police officers are Banani police station officer-in-charge Salahuddin and police's Detective Branch assistant commissioner Rabiul Islam.
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