Six gunmen and 20 hostages killed, 13 others freed as Bangladeshi forces end Dhaka cafe siege

‘Bangladeshi forces have stormed a Dhaka cafe where up to 10 gunmen had taken dozens of people hostage, killing 20. Other 13 were rescued, and 6 gunmen were killed by police. ISIS has taken responsibility for the attack.
“The operation is over and the situation is under control,” army spokesman Colonel Rashidul Hasan told Reuters.
At around 8 am, following a 13-hour siege and failed negotiations with the terrorists, over 100 heavily armed Bangladeshi forces launched an operation to free the people being held inside the upscale cafe in Dhaka’s diplomatic district.’
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