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07-02-2016, 01:28 PM
DHAKA: Twenty foreigners were killed by their captors after being taken hostage at a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka and most of the victims were either Italian or Japanese, an army ******r said on Saturday.
"All 20 of the hostages who were killed were foreigners," Lieutenant Shahab Uddin told AFP. "Most of them were Italian or Japanese," he added without giving an exact breakdown of the toll.
Officials had earlier said that six gunmen were killed when security forces stormed the cafe on Saturday morning while two police ******rs were slain in a firefight that erupted at the beginning of the siege on Friday night.
Thirteen survivors were also rescued at the end of the siege in an upmarket neighbourhood of the capital Dhaka, including three foreigners.
"Three of those who were rescued were foreigners, including one Japanese and two Sri Lankans," said the spokesman.
Earlier in a televised speech the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she was determined to eradicate terrorism in Bangladesh Saturday after security forces stormed a cafe where Islamist extremists had taken dozens of diners hostage.
"It was an extremely hei**us act. What kind of Muslims are these people? They don´t have any religion," she said.
"People must resist these terrorists. My government is determined to root out terrorism and militancy from Bangladesh."
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"All 20 of the hostages who were killed were foreigners," Lieutenant Shahab Uddin told AFP. "Most of them were Italian or Japanese," he added without giving an exact breakdown of the toll.
Officials had earlier said that six gunmen were killed when security forces stormed the cafe on Saturday morning while two police ******rs were slain in a firefight that erupted at the beginning of the siege on Friday night.
Thirteen survivors were also rescued at the end of the siege in an upmarket neighbourhood of the capital Dhaka, including three foreigners.
"Three of those who were rescued were foreigners, including one Japanese and two Sri Lankans," said the spokesman.
Earlier in a televised speech the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she was determined to eradicate terrorism in Bangladesh Saturday after security forces stormed a cafe where Islamist extremists had taken dozens of diners hostage.
"It was an extremely hei**us act. What kind of Muslims are these people? They don´t have any religion," she said.
"People must resist these terrorists. My government is determined to root out terrorism and militancy from Bangladesh."
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