Khaleda calls news conference to react to deadly Gulshan attack

BNP Chairperson  Khaleda Zia will appear before journalists on Sunday to give her reaction to the terror attack on a café in Gulshan.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 2 July 2016, 09:38 PM
Updated : 31 July 2016, 09:04 PM

She will brief the media at her office in the upscale neighbourhood at 3pm, BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told bdnews24.com on Saturday.

On Friday evening, Islamist militants attacked the cafe popular with foreigners and took a number of hostages. Two policemen were killed in the initial exchange of gunfire and explosions.

Army commandos stormed the restaurant on Saturday morning and rescued 13 hostages, killing six attackers and arresting another.

The Army said 20 foreigners were found dead in the upscale eatery during the raid.