Gunmen seized a
bakery in Dhaka overnight, killing 20 hostages and
two officers in a siege that ended Saturday
morning, the Bangladeshi military said.
All the hostages killed were foreigners, the military
said.
The attackers used guns, explosive devices and "a
lot of sharp domestic weapons," said Brig. Gen.
Naeem Ashfaq Chowdhury of the Bangladesh
army. The hostages' bodies were found after the
standoff ended in the country's capital.
Bangladeshi troops rescued 14 hostages,
according to Brig. Gen. Mujibur Rahman of the
Bangladesh army.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina provided a different
number, but officials said the figures are
preliminary.
Source: CNN
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