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Police locked in a shoot-out with gunmen who shout 'Allahu Akbar' as they take hostages at restaurant in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Breaking: Police locked in a shoot-out with gunmen who shout 'Allahu Akbar' as they take hostages including foreigners at restaurant in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka –Up to nine gunmen entered, opened fire and hurled makeshift bombs –Gunmen armed with 'pistols, swords and bombs', according to a witness –Worker who escaped reported gunmen shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as they fired | 01 July 2016 | Police are locked in a deadly shoot-out with gunmen at a restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka. As many as nine gunmen entered the Holey Artisan restaurant and opened fire, unleashing at least 50 shots and hurling makeshift bombs. The attackers are reportedly holding around 20 people hostage at gunpoint inside the Spanish restaurant, including foreigners, in the upmarket Gulshan area. Police are preparing heavily-armoured vehicles in an attempt to storm the premises, which is near to a hospital, and rescue those held inside. One local police station chief, Mohammed Salahuddin, who was earlier injured in the shoot-out, has been declared dead according to a top official at Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Source: http://www.legitgov.org/Police-locked-shoot-out-gunmen-who-shout-Allahu-Akbar-they-take-hostages-restaurant-Dhaka-Bangladesh
