MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier it was reported that a group of armed people have attacked a restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka and taken at least 20 people hostages.
According to Bangladesh's leading English-language newspaper The Daily Star, several people, including foreigners, are held hostage inside the cafe in Gulshan diplomatic zone.
"We are requesting the ones who are inside the restaurant to talk to us, relay us your demands," Benazir Ahmed, the director general of the Rapid Action Battalion, said as quoted by The Dhaka Tribune newspaper.
The US Embassy in Dhaka issued a warning for its citizens to seek shelter and monitor news reports on the situation.
