July 2016 Dhaka attack
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title:
July 2016 Dhaka attack
text:
On the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 local time, five militants took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan Thana. The assailants entered the bakery with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several dozen hostages. In the immediate response, while Dhaka Metropolitan Police tried to regain control of the bakery, two police officers were shot dead by the assailants. 29 people were killed, including 20 hostages, two police officers, five gunmen, and two bakery staff. A
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Terrorist attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2016_Dhaka_attack
date created:
2016-07-01T18:49:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T14:20:59Z
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