A group of as many as nine gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital on July 1, 2016, taking hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces, authorities said.
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard near a restaurant that was attacked by gunmen in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 1, 2016.
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Dhaka attack
People carry an injured man near the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant during an attack by unidentified gunmen in Dhaka's high-security diplomatic district on July 2, 2016. Gunmen stormed a crowded restaurant popular with foreigners in the Bangladeshi capital on July 1 night, apparently taking diners hostage and sparking a firefight with police in which at least two officers were killed, police and witnesses said. / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dhaka attack
Bangladeshi security personnel cordon off the area after a group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, July 1, 2016.
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Dhaka attack
An injured policeman is carried away by colleagues, after gunmen stormed a restaurant popular with expatriates in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital, July 1, 2016.
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Dhaka attack
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard after gunmen stormed a restaurant in Dhaka's high-security diplomatic district early on July 2, 2016.
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Dhaka attack
People help an injured person gunmen attacked a restaurant in Dhaka, July 1, 2016.
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Dhaka attack
Bangladeshi bomb disposal unit gets suited up after an attack at a restaurant nearby in the early hours of July 2, 2016 in Dhaka.
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Dhaka attack
An injured security person is taken for medical attention after gunmen attacked a restaurant in Dhaka, July 1, 2016
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Dhaka
The scene of the attack is the diplomatic zone in the upscale Gulshan area, seen here after flooding in July 29, 2004.
