Ambulances believed to be carrying unhurt hostage persons attack on an upscale restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka leave the vicinity of the attack site on July 2, 2016. Heavily armed militants murdered 20 hostages in Bangladesh, hacking many of their victims to death, before six of the attackers were gunned down at the end of a siege July 2 at a restaurant packed with foreigners. As the Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the carnage at the start of the Eid holiday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she was determined to eradicate militancy in the mainly Muslim nation.

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