Dhaka café attack ends with 28 dead

Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina announced two days of national mourning after an attack on a café in Dhaka left 28 people dead - twenty hostages, six militants and two police officers. In a televised address to the nation she called for unity against criminal elements following the attack in the diplomatic quarter of Bangladesh’s capital. Also, thirteen people were rescued after more than a hundred commandos stormed a bakery early on Saturday after a twelve-hour siege. 'I request everyone to unite against these handful of criminals,' said Hasina. She earlier said one of the gunmen had been captured alive in the dawn raid. A senior minister said the jihadists were members of a homegrown Bangladeshi militant outfit, the Jamaeytul Mujahdeen Bangladesh. 'They have no connections with IS', he stated.
- Pray: for comfort for the grieving families of the victims. Pray for the survivors of the attack, for healing of the memories and fears. (Psalm 18:48)
- More: www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/01/dhaka-bangladesh-restaurant-attack-hostages