BREAKING: Twenty killed in Bangladesh siege

Source: BBC

Bangladesh government says 20 hostages were killed in Dhaka cafe siege, as well as six militants.

The militant group Islamic State (IS) has said it carried out the attack.
"It was an extremely heinous act," Sheikh Hasina said in a televised statement. "What kind of Muslims are these people? They don't have any religion.
"My government is determined to root out terrorism and militancy from Bangladesh."
Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda said one Japanese citizen was shot and wounded in the attack, and that seven others were in the cafe. Japan's government has not yet been able to contact them, he said.

Explosions and heavy gunfire were heard earlier, as the army and navy commandos stormed the cafe. They were backed by police and paramilitary Border Guards Bangladesh, officials told the BBC.
Armoured vehicles were also seen moving in the Gulshan neighbourhood.
The gunfire stopped after about an hour.
Sumon Reza, a supervisor at the cafe, was in the restaurant when the attack began but managed to flee to the roof.
"The whole building was shaking when they set off explosives," told media in Bangladesh. He later jumped off the roof and escaped.