Attackers storm Bangladesh restaurant, take hostages

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As many as nine gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital on Friday night, taking dozens of hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces, authorities and a witness said.
One police officer died of his wounds at a hospital, according to his nephew Mishu Hasan. Authorities had not yet reported the death.
A huge contingent of security forces cordoned off the area around the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhak