At least one Indian is believed to be amongst the hostages.
At least 13 hostages were rescued and 6 terrorists were gunned down after Bangla police commandos stormed the restaurant in Dhaka’s high-security Gulshan diplomatic area in a bid to rescue hostages held by Islamic State terrorists.
“The operation is over,” said Brig. Gen. Mujibur Rahman to CNN, who was overseeing the troops in the rescue effort at Holey Artisan Bakery said after a 10-hour long siege.
Hours earlier on Friday, two policemen were killed and 40 injured in a midnight gunbattle with the terrorists.
The anti-terror operations were launched after talks of negotiation between security forces and the terrorists failed.
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