Gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in the diplomatic quarter of the Bangladeshi capital on Friday and the U.S. State department said there was a hostage situation.
Three policemen were wounded by gunfire that erupted as police surrounded the Holey Artisan restaurant in the upscale Gulshan area of Dhaka, a police officer said.
He said there were foreigners inside the restaurant and that police were preparing a plan to enter the premises.
The U.S. State Department said on Twitter that there was a hostage situation in the diplomatic enclave of Dhaka.
Speaking from his house in the area, a witness said he could hear gunfire and that the situation “looked quite bad”.
A series of deadly attacks, mostly using machetes rather than guns, have targeted bloggers, atheists and religious minorities in Bangladesh in recent months.
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