Cops killed Bangladesh cafe attack mastermind and 2 others in encounter
Dhaka, Aug 27: The police just announced that Gulshan cafe attack ‘mastermind’ Canadian-Bangladeshi Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury and 2 others killed in an encounter near Dhaka.
On July 16, five militants took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery[8] in Gulshan Thana. The assailants entered the bakery with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several dozen hostages (foreigners and locals).
Twenty-nine people were killed, including 20 hostages (18 foreigners and 2 locals), 2 police officers, 5 gunmen, a chef of the bakery and later at hospital, an assistant of a chef.
The incident was the worst terrorist attack in Bangladesh’s history.
