Gun battle in Dhaka

[OrangeFlorian]

This is why we need to use more hydrogen/biomass fuel

 

[Screambowl]

Media is not allowed within 4km of the ground of action. Area cordoned off. May be preparing strategy of final assault. As per media reports.

 

[pmaitra]

Recently, in the wake of a series of murders of Hindus, Buddhists, Secularists, and Liberals, the Bangladesh government started a crackdown. Around fourteen thousands suspected Islamists were detained. This might as well be a retaliation.

RIP to the victims. Hope the security forces quickly bring this under control and neutralize the terrorists.

 

[pmaitra]

Bangladesh forces clear Dhaka cafe and rescue hostages

Bangladeshi troops say they have cleared a cafe in the capital Dhaka, where gunmen on Friday took at least 20 hostages, including foreigners.

They say 13 hostages, including four foreigners, were rescued and six attackers shot dead. However, the fate of other captives remains unclear.

Tuhin Mohammad Masud, a commander of the elite Rapid Action Battalion, said: "We have gunned down at least six terrorists and the main building is cleared but the operation is still going on."

The attack comes after a spate of murders of secular bloggers, gay activists, academics and members of religious minorities, blamed on Islamist militants.

 

[sayareakd]

Finally its over they have killed 6 terrorists and caught one alive. Most of the hostages are rescued, two police officers were killed. Over all good operation by Bangladesh forces.

 

[The Last Stand]

Looks like they were planning next in India .. as so many sympathisers were also captured in Hyderabad. B@stards!!

In Today's paper, relatives of the B@stards caught are claiming it was for a paint store the accused was going to start.

Acetone, Hydrogen Peroxide, Ammonium nitrate and Urea mixture, containers filled with NH4NO3 and sugar are now going to be used in "paint shops".

Even a 6th grader kid knows what nitrates do.

Acetone and hydrogen peroxide can be used to make TATP, very unstable and dangerous explosive. TATP for stripping paint?

What gall to claim this bullshit...wow

 

[AnantS]

Bangladesh's current regime must be doing some right things that these B@stards were forced to show desperation. Hasina needs India's support in eliminating these idiots in BD.

 

[sasum]

Bangladesh forces clear Dhaka cafe and rescue hostages

A very professional showing by Bangladeshi troop; much better than Indian elite commandos.

 

[sayareakd]

A very professional showing by Bangladeshi troop; much better than Indian elite commandos.

Not really, they have advantage of having terrorists at one site, we had them at different places and the two five star hotels with hundreds of rooms. Its nightmare for any commando forces to go for room intervention for all those rooms at the hotel, it takes time. Not to forget they came from Delhi to Mumbai.

 

[sayareakd]

Bangladesh’s worst hostage crisis ends, 20 foreigners killed with sharp weapons by ISIS militants

Director of Military Operations Brigadier General Nayeem Ashfaq Chowdhury said the militants slaughtered 20 hostages before the joint operation led by the armed forces began

By: PTI | Dhaka | Updated: July 2, 2016 2:27 pm

Security personnel are seen near the Holey Artisan restaurant hostage site, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2, 2016. ?(REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)
Twenty foreigners were brutally murdered with sharp weapons by ISIS militants inside a restaurant popular with expatriates here in the high-security diplomatic zone before elite commandos stormed the cafe today and killed them, ending Bangladesh’s worst hostage crisis.

Director of Military Operations Brigadier General Nayeem Ashfaq Chowdhury said the militants slaughtered 20 hostages before the joint operation led by the armed forces began. Most of those killed were found with their throat slit, he added.

“Army Para commando Unit-1 led the operation and killed six terrorists within 13 minutes,” Chowdhury told reporters.


The mission codenamed ‘Operation Thunderbolt’ was launched after the Prime Minister ordered the army to intervene to end the hostage crisis, he said.

All 20 hostages killed were foreigners, with most being Italian or Japanese. Two senior police officers were also killed in the gunbattle that began last night.

He said the bodies of the victims were recovered during a search in the Holey Artisan Bakery compound after the operation. The bodies were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital morgue for autopsy to confirm their identity.

Gunshots and sounds of explosion rocked the area at 7:40 AM (local time) as security forces launched the final offensive to end the siege.

READ: Live updates on the Dhaka hostage crisis

Soon after the offensive, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the end of siege and said security forces “successfully” wrapped up their operation, freeing 13 hostages after killing six terrorists and capturing one militant at the Spanish restaurant.

“I thank Alah as we could destroy the terrorists and rescue the hostages,” Hasina said, adding that “none of the terrorists could flee the scene, six of them were killed on the spot and one was captured alive.”

Hasina vowed to do everything to “uproot the militants and violent extremists” from Bangladesh.

“It was an extremely heinous act. What kind of Muslims are these people? They don’t have any religion,” she said in a televised speech, referring to the terrorists.

“They (gunmen) defied the call of Ramadan’s tarabi (special evening) prayers and went to kill people…The way they killed people is intolerable. They don’t have any religion…terrorism is their religion,” said Hasina, flanked by Army chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq.

Also read: Hindu priest attacked, 2nd in last 2 days

Among those rescued were Indian, Sri Lankan and Japanese nationals, media reports said.

Hasina said around 30 people were injured in the attack.

Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack through its Amaq news agency, nearly four hours after the hostage crisis unfolded, according to the US-based SITE Intelligence group, which monitors jihadist activity online.

It later issued a number of photographs of what it said were scenes from inside the restaurant. The pictures showed what appeared to be a number of bodies lying in pools of blood.

Amaq claimed that 24 people had been killed in the attack carried out by what it described as “ISIS commandos”.

SEE: Photos from the attack site

Heavy firing and explosions continued at least for an hour after the operation began this morning. A resident of a building, just 50 yards from the scene, reported spotting snipers firing from their guns.

Shots were also fired from armoured personnel carriers (APCs). Grenades were also apparently exploded. Later, the APCs broke through the walls and entered the restaurant premises.

After hours of quiet at the Holey Artisan Bakery where terrorists were holding hostages, a fresh round of heavy gunfire rang out in the morning.

“Our law enforcement agencies responded promptly soon after the terrorists raided the restaurant…as they were about to take action, two police officers were killed by the terrorists,” Hasina said.

She said the situation prompted the authorities to call out army commandos from cantonments in north-eastern Sylhet, suburban Savar and the Dhaka garrison overnight.

Bangladeshi security personnel cordon off the diplomatic zone of Dhaka after gunmen attack a cafe in the Gulshan quartet. (Source: AP Photo)
“At around 4 in the morning, the operational plan was laid out and the security forces launched the assault,” she said.

Army men in armoured personnel carriers (APCs) had moved in with commandos. Over 1,000 rounds of gunshots were fired and almost 100 blasts were heard in the first half an hour of the raid, media reports said.

Last night, terrorists shouting “Allahu Akbar” barged into the cafe, frequented by diplomats and expatriates, and opened indiscriminate fire at around 9:20 PM (local time).

The military-led rescue operation today was launched jointly by a navy commando squad, paramilitary BGB, elite anti-crime RAB along with special police units.

The deceased policemen have been identified as officer in-charge of nearby Banani police station, Salahuddin Ahmed and Additional Commissioner of Police Rabiul.

An Argentine national and a local escaped after taking refuge in a nearby house when the gunmen entered the restaurant.

Police said they have detained two employees of the eatery for questioning.

Hosne Ara Karim, whose son and daughter-in-law were rescued from the restaurant that was attacked by heavily armed militants, wait for them in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, July 2, 2016. (AP Photo)
The Muslim-majority Bangladesh has witnessed a wave of deadly attacks on religious minorities and secular bloggers by suspected Islamist militants.

A 48-year-old Hindu priest was today stabbed and critically injured by unidentified assailants in Bangladesh’s Satkhira district.

Earlier yesterday, a Hindu priest and a Buddhist leader were brutally hacked to death by machete-wielding Islamic State militants while another Hindu man survived a bid on his life.




http://indianexpress.com/article/wo...amic-state-bangladesh-hostage-crisis-2889083/

 

[Screambowl]

A very professional showing by Bangladeshi troop; much better than Indian elite commandos.

The only best thing they did is, kept media 4km away.

 

[sayareakd]

two terrorists with hostage in white strips

 

[sayareakd]

The only best thing they did is, kept media 4km away.

yeah correct that is the best thing they did, in Mumbai on the one hand NSG was attacking them and Media is having their cameras on them. Two of the terrorists were caught in camera being shot.

 

[bose]

Bangladeshi security forces delayed the assault on the terrorists ... some lives could have been saved... There was no room for negotiation with terrorists as they came to kill as many and get killed...

 

[rockey 71]

1. This 13 min op by 1 Paracdo Bn of BA shows the professional excellence of BA and its capability to successfully handle COIN.
2. Anyone who studies militancy in SA will agree that our establishments / govts deliberately downplay rise of militancy - religious militancy in Pakistan, India and BD, and beyond in Afghanistan and in Myanmar. While govts continue to cover up to display their competence, popularity, etc, militancy keeps widening and strengthening.

 

[Screambowl]

sad to hear...
Revenge is obligatory

 

[rockey 71]

Bangladeshi security forces delayed the assault on the terrorists ... some lives could have been saved... There was no room for negotiation with terrorists as they came to kill as many and get killed...

Nonsense. The militants started their op at 2030 hrs. The local police and armed police immediately engaged the militants taking twenty casualty, including two fairly senior police officers. It would have been around mid-night when true strength was understood. The military then took upto first light to recce, plan and launch the op by Paracdos. Globally there is no other incident of similar nature where a COIN op was successfully conducted in such a brief time.

 

[Screambowl]

two terrorists with hostage in white strips

Where were the snipers? They didn't take them out?

 

[rockey 71]

A very professional showing by Bangladeshi troop; much better than Indian elite commandos.

Our commandos train in/with a lot of friendly forces including IA. We have personnel training in IA's jungle warfare school in Mizoram.

 

[Bornubus]

A very professional showing by Bangladeshi troop; much better than Indian elite commandos.

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