Japan says one of its citizens wounded but rescued from Dhaka restaurant

Japan said on Saturday that one of its citizens had been shot and wounded in an attack on a restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital and then rescued.

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda said the injuries were not life threatening.

 

Seven other Japanese were eating together at the restaurant, but Japan's government has not been able to contact them, Hagiuda said.

 

Gunmen attacked the upscale cafe in the diplomatic area of Dhaka late on Friday night and had been holding about 20 hostages, before police poured into the building to try to free those stuck inside. At least two police were killed.

 

Security personnel stormed the building on Saturday morning and rescued at least 13 hostages.

 

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said six gunmen were killed during the raid and one of them was captured alive.