AV 9th July 2016

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IN BANGLA DAESH

Distraught mother Ruba Ahmed whose daughter Abinta Kabir was one of those killed

An injured police officer sits in a car following the deadly gun battle

"Everyone else ran away but you couldn't make it. God wants you to die," said one of the gunmen, to baker Miraj, later tying him to a chair with bombs and gas around him. The Friday attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in the diplomatic zone, and one of Dhaka's poshest areas, Gulshan, killed 20 restaurant patrons, all who belonged to different corners of the world.

Five men arrived at the posh bakery, dressed in jeans and T-shirts, at around 8:45 pm, shouting "Allahu Akbar!" before they began to fire indiscriminately at the people present. Customers hid under tables, waiters scampered, everybody did the best they could to save their own lives. A 12-hour face off ensued between the attackers and the law, including the paramilitary and combat services before Operation Thunderbolt came to an end. Four militants were dead, one was captured alive. The venue, once a popular hangout for expatriates and well-

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People help an unidentified injured person after the group of gunmen attacked the restaurant

heeled locals because of its good food and large, leafy garden overlooking a lake, now reeked of blood. Nine of the victims were Italian, seven were Japanese experts who had come to the city to find ways to improve its severe traffic congestion, three were students at American universities, one of them of Indian ori-

gin, and there was a Bangladeshi woman who worked for non-profit organisations. Also claimed were the lives of two police officers who responded to the attack. A strike that hit a little too close to India, it reflects not just the ways Islamic radicalisation has affected people, but the existent matter at hand; the war of the young against the

CABINET EXPANSION

Modi Sarkar's much-awaited Cabinet expansion finally took place after months of anticipation and rumours doing the rounds. With the UP elections in the offing, the move comes as a cry for reform. Details on page 26-27

An injured policeman is carried away after the attack

young. The converted, against the not.

MUSLIMS AND NON-MUSLIMS

"We will not kill Bengalis. We will only kill foreigners," yelled one of the attackers before they began to wean out the Muslims present, also giving a chance to Faraaz Hossain, a 20-year old who was with his friends, Tarishi Jain, 19, and Abinta Kabir, 18. However, he refused the offer and stuck with them who said they were from India, and the US. Witnesses who were let off or were saved later, told his family how he

chose to sacrifice his life for his friends. "From what I have gathered, my brother was allowed to leave. But he had gone there with his friends and didn't want to leave them behind. So he had asked 'what about them?' When he was told that they couldn't leave, he decided to stay back. Muslims are not supposed to believe in violence. He was a true Muslim, which is why he stayed back and proved to be one. They were asked to recite prayers. For my brother, it wouldn't have been difficult," Zaraif Hossain, the deceased's brother, said. Continued on page 26


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