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Urgent: Gunmen kill 20 hostages, 13 others rescued in Dhaka restaurant siege

Xinhua, July 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Gunmen killed 20 people by slitting throats soon after they stormed a Spanish restaurant in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, a spokesman of the Bangladesh Army told a media briefing on Saturday.

Some 13 hostages, including one Japanese and two Sri Lankans, were rescued after an armed raid that ended the 13-hour siege since Friday night, he said.

Six attackers were killed and another one was captured. Endit