Hostage situation in Dhaka is to the bloodbath

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Hostage situation in Dhaka is to the bloodbath

Hours after the RAID on the Restaurant in Bangladesh’s capital have stormed the security forces the building. The balance sheet of the Islamists-fact: 20 of the dead hostages, six dead hostage-taker, two dead police officers.

The military spokesman Nayeem Ashfaq Chowdhury informed Dhaka. Many of the victims had been killed “in brutally with sharp weapons”. Previously, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had announced that its forces “were not able to save some lives”. First of all, the military had said that all the dead were hostages of foreigners. This statement has now been taken back.

According to the foreign Ministry in Rome in the hostage drama, ten Italians were killed. Eleven Italian citizens at the time of the attack in the Restaurant, was able to escape, therefore, one of the terrorists. Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi broke off in Rome, an event to inform about the development. “Our thoughts, our prayers and our tears with the tears of the families in Dhaka, particularly the families of our compatriots,” said Renzi. Italy’s national soccer team announced to play at the European championship quarter-final against Germany this Saturday evening in Bordeaux, in memory of the Italian victims with black ribbon.

Hour-Long Firefight

The hospital brought the hostages are Japanese, and two Sri were-Lankans, as the military confirmed. 13 hostages could be saved. A hostage-taker was detained.

On Friday evening, up to ten armed men had attacked the Spanish Restaurant “Holey Artisan Bakery” in a diplomatic district and guests and staff hostage. You should Akbar”Allahu” (God is great) called and explosive sets have ignited. According to the authorities, many people in the Local were at this time. For several hours, the attackers had fired again and again, the police and the explosive devices on the security forces of the thrown, it was said. Two police officers were killed, at least 25 people injured.

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IS or local groups?

To had known the invasion of the jihadists militia “Islamic state” (IS). In the Muslim-majority Bangladesh have increased in the past few months, attacks by radical Islamists groups. The objectives, among others, atheists and religious minorities in the country with 160 million inhabitants. Most of the IS or Al-Qaeda to the attacks known.

The government has denied a involvement of foreign Islamists organizations, and made for the local groups Ansar-al-Islam, and Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen responsible for the attacks. Also Hasina called no names of organizations, but said only: “We will tolerate no act of terrorism in Bangladesh.”

Confusing situation in Dhaka

So far, there are no references to German victims. A spokesman for the foreign office said in Berlin. The German Embassy in Bangladesh was “in constant and close contact with the competent authorities in Dhaka,” he said. “Embassy staff have made a picture of the still unclear situation. Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that German could be affected.”

sti/as/jj (afp, rtre, APE, dpa)