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At least two Bangladeshis reportedly among hostages killed at Dhaka cafe siege

At least two Bangladeshis are reportedly among the hostages killed by gunmen who attacked a restaurant slaughtering at least 20 people, mostly foreign nationals.

Staff Correspondent

bdnews24.com

Published : 27 Nov 2018, 03:52 AM

Updated : 19 Oct 2022, 05:20 PM

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Ishrat Akhond. Photo taken from Facebook.
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The 12-hour siege ended Saturday morning after security forces stormed the cafe popular with expatriates in Bangladesh, where gunmen had held hostages, including foreign nationals.

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Faraaz Hussain, the youngest son to Transcom boss Latifur Rahman’s daughter Simin Rahman, is one of the victims, family sources have told bdnews24.com.

The other is Ishrat Akhond, a former head of a Dhaka art gallery, who worked at different companies as marketing professional, sources have confirmed.

Faraaz had driven himself to the Holey Artisan Bakery located inside Dhaka’s diplomatic zone on Friday evening before seven heavily armed attacker stormed it taking the diners hostage.

“He was the youngest among two brothers, he was a lively youth. He was working as an intern at Transcom group,” said Syed Md Tahnun Ishtiaque Riyadh, a marketing official for the conglomerate.

Akhond, the human resources director at ZXY International FZCO, was also arts provocateur at the Institute of Asian Creatives. She was a formerly marketing director at Westin Hotels and a manager at Grameenphone.

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