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Nine Italians, seven Japanese, an Indian and two students attending a U.S. university were among those killed when militants attacked Holey Artisan Bakery, an eatery popular with foreigners in the diplomatic zone in Dhaka.
The 20 hostages killed during a 10-hour siege on a bakery in the Bangladesh capital traveled there from opposite sides of the globe.
The Bangladesh ISPR said that Nine Italians, seven Japanese, two Bangladeshis, a Bangladeshi American and one Indian are among the dead. They included 11 males and nine females,
Their bodies have been kept at the CMH morgue, it added.
The Italian foreign ministry website said the Italian citizens killed in the Dhaka attack were Adele Puglisi, Marco Tondat, Claudia Maria D’Antona, Nadia Benedetti, Vincenzo D’Allestro, Maria Rivoli, Cristian Rossi, Claudio Cappelli and Simona Monti.
World strongly condemns Dhaka terror attack
Nadia Benedetti, managing director of Studiotex, a buying house in Dhaka, went to have dinner with five clients from Italy and remained missing since Friday night, said Monohor Corraya, administrative officer of the company.
Japan has confirmed seven of its citizens were among the dead hostages.
Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo late yesterday night, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed that seven Japanese — five men, two women — were killed in Dhaka siege.
Thirteen hostages were rescued while six of the gunmen, who attacked the upscale eatery on Road 79 Friday night, were killed in the 50-minute army-led joint forces operation codenamed “Operation Thunderbolt”.
The seventh attacker was held in the operation beginning at 7:40am, officials said.
World leaders were quick to stand in solidarity with Bangladesh yesterday, as the nation reeled from the worst terror attack.
In a televised address to the nation, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated her vow to fight militancy and terrorism.
“We will turn Bangladesh into a peaceful state by rooting out terrorists,” she said.
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