20 foreigners dead as Bangladesh hostage ends

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Channel: africanews · 2016 · News & Politics

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Bangladesh's government says 20 hostages were killed by Islamists in a siege in cafe in the capital Dhaka. Most of the victims were either Italian or Japanese.

Six of the attackers were killed and one was arrested, a government spokesman said. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State.

The cafe's manager said he saw the gunmen before he managed to flee to the roof.

"They couldn't be older than 28 years old. Actually I saw them from a distance... they were lanky, but I saw two faces quite we…
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