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Bangladesh siege crisis: Confusion prevails over which terror outfit attacked

| | Jul 03, 2016, at 04:39 pm
#Bangladesh attack #Bangladesh siege crisis #Dhaka #Restaurant attack #Hostage crisis #Gulshan
Dhaka, July 3 (IBNS): As Bangladesh witnessed the worst ever siege crisis by terrorists, the country is now trying to analyse that which terror outfit carried out the attack at an upscale restaurant in the capital city Dhaka, which left over 20 people including a young Indian girl killed.
While it was initially believed that terror outfit ISIS carried out the attack, but according to reports, the terrorists had also demanded release of two Jamaat-ul Mujahideen (JuM).
 
"We cannot say with certainty who carried out the attack," the Mayor of Dhaka Annisul Huq told NDTV. 
 
Both the al Qaeda and ISIS have claimed responsibility for the crisis, said reports.
 
The Bangladeshi Army on Saturday said that 20 foreigners were killed by heavily armed terrorists suspected to belong to terror outfit ISIS after being taken hostage at a restaurant in the capital city Dhaka on Friday evening.
 
The people were kept hostage for nearly 10 hours in Dhaka's upscale restaurant Gulshan. The stand-off between Army and terrorists came to a end on Saturday morning.
 
The operation left six terrorists killed as well.
 
An Indian girl, who was taken hostage in the restaurant, also died in the terror attack in Dhaka, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed.
 
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that a terrorist was caught alive.
 
As the operation came to an end, 13 captives, including three foreigners, were rescued.

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