La fusillade de Dacca du 1er juillet 2016 est une attaque terroriste menée dans un restaurant du quartier Gulshan à Dacca au Bangladesh. Dans la nuit du 1er juillet 2016, cinq assaillants ont ouvert le feu sur la Holey Artisan Bakery dans le riche quartier de Gulshan à Dacca, au Bangladesh.
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The July 2016 Dhaka attack or Holey Artisan terrorist attack took place on the night of 1 July 2016, at 21:20 Bangladesh Standard Time, five Islamic State terrorists took hostages and opened fire on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan Thana jurisdiction in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The terrorists entered the bakery with crude bombs, machetes, pistols, and took several dozen hostages, including foreign nationals as well. In the immediate response, while Dhaka Metropolitan Police tried to regain control of the bakery, two police officers were shot dead by the assailants.
By the end of the security forces' operation, 29 people were killed, including 20 hostages, two police officers, five terrorists, and two bakery staff. After the police failed to breach the bakery and secure the hostages, they set up a perimeter along with the Rapid Action Battalion and Border Guard Bangladesh. Very early on 2 July, it was decided that the Bangladesh Armed Forces would launch a counter-assault named Operation Thunderbolt. The assault was led by the 1st Para-commando Battalion, an elite force in the Bangladesh Army under the leadership of operational commander Brigadier General Mujibur Rahman, and began at 07:40. According to Bangladesh's Inspector General of Police, all of the attackers were Bangladeshi citizens. IS claimed responsibility for the incident and released photographs of the gunmen, but then- Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan stated that the perpetrators belonged to Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen and were not affiliated with IS.
The incident was described by BBC News as the "deadliest Islamist attack in Bangladeshi history." The local media referred to it as the 7/16 attack.
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On 9 December 2012, Biswajit Das, a tailor from Dhaka, Bangladesh, was murdered by members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League. That morning, the opposition 18 Party Alliance had called for a nationwide road blockade. As Das was on his way to his shop, located in Shankhari Bazaar in Old Dhaka, one or more small explosives detonated near an anti-blockade procession organized by BCL activists from Jagannath University.
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Continental Hospital PLC, formerly known as United Hospital Limited, is a private hospital in Gulshan-2, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Continental Hospital PLC, along with Evercare Hospital Dhaka and Square Hospital, are considered high-end private hospitals in Dhaka. The hospital is accredited by Joint Commission International.
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The American International School Dhaka is a not-for-profit, international, independent, and co-educational day school located in Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh, serving students of all nationalities in pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
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Baridhara is an upscale residential area in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located on the east of and northeast of Gulshan across Gulshan-Baridhara Lake. It has special zones designated for diplomats, and many of the city's foreign embassies and high commissions are situated here. There are mainly three areas: a diplomatic zone in the southwest portion, a general residential area in the eastern portion, and an adjacent DOHS area in the northeast portion.
Ils ont également lancé des bombes, pris plusieurs dizaines d'otages et tué au moins un agent de police dans des fusillades avec la police.
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