Six Japanese victims were working for Dhaka’s Metrorail project: Quader

Six of the seven Japanese killed in the Gulshan cafe terror strike were surveyors for Dhaka’s Metrorail project, the road transport minister has said.

They had been working for the Route-1 and Route-5 of the project, Obaidul Quader told reporters on Sunday, during a visit to Sayedabad Bus Terminal.

“Their demise will not affect the project. The Japanese government knows the attack on the Gulshan cafe is part of a global terror scheme.”

A team representing the project financiers, the Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA, has arrived in Dhaka for discussions with the government, he said.

The seven Japanese victims, five men and two women, had been working in various JICA projects.

 
They were employees of three separate Tokyo-based consultancy firms who went to dine together at the restaurant attacked by terrorists on Friday evening, said a report in 'Japan Times'.

The Japan embassy officials in Dhaka identified them using photos of their dead bodies and personal belongings, the report said quoting Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.  
 

The seven victims

Koyo Ogasawara, Katahira & Engineers International

Makoto Okamura, Almec Corp.

Yuko Sakai, Almec Corp.

Rui Shimodaira, Almec Corp.

Hiroshi Tanaka, Oriental Consultants Global

Nobuhiro Kurosaki, Oriental Consultants Global

Hideki Hashimoto, Oriental Consultants Global