Bangladeshi police said today security forces may have shot dead a hostage by mistake. (AFP File Photo)
Highlights
- An employee was among 6 killed after security forces stormed Dhaka cafe
- Saiful Islam Chowkidar, a chef, made pizzas at the Holey Artisan Bakery
- 20 hostages and 2 policemen were killed in the terror attack last week
Bangladeshi police said on Tuesday that security forces may have shot dead a hostage by mistake during a siege in a Dhaka cafe on the weekend, believing he was one of the attackers.
Here are the 10 latest developments on this story:
20 hostages and two policemen were killed in an upmarket restaurant late on Friday night.
Six terrorists were shot dead; a seventh was captured alive by commandos.
Saiful Islam, a senior police official in Dhaka, said Saiful Islam Chowkidar, a pizza maker at the restaurant, was among those who were shot dead by the police.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the deadly terror strike, posting photos along with first names of some of the attackers on social media.
But police and government officials have said the attackers were from a local banned terror group and came from well-off Bangladeshi families, a rarity and an indication that religious radicalisation was widening its scope.
Among the hostages who were killed was 19-year-old Tarishi Jain, who was cremated yesterday in Gurugram near Delhi. Her parents, Indian citizens, had lived in Dhaka for years where her father ran a garment factory. She was a student at UC Berkeley.
Bangladesh has blamed the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, which claims to represent the ISIS in the country but has no proven links to it.
More than 100 commandos stormed the restaurant nearly 10 hours after the siege began, under an operation code-named 'Thunderbolt'. Some analyst have questioned the delay in launching the offensive against the terrorists.
The hostages who were killed were foreigners. Those who could recite from the Quran were spared.
Those who were killed were hacked to death with machetes.
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