Dhaka cafe siege ends after nearly 12 hours, six gunmen killed, 13 hostages rescued

DHAKA, Bangladesh –Gunfighting at a besieged restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital ended on Saturday and commandos rescued between eight and 10 hostages, a police official said.

Gunmen attacked the restaurant in the diplomatic area of Dhaka late on Friday and had been holding about 20 hostages, including foreigners before police stormed the building to free those stuck inside.

The number of gunmen and hostages still in the restaurant was unclear, Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, a deputy director at the Rapid Action Battalion force (Agencies)