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An ambulance transports bodies found at a restaurant popular with foreigners after heavily armed militants attacked it on Friday night in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, July 2, 2016. (AP Photo)

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Bangladeshi security personnel cordon off the area after a group of gunmen attacked a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Source: AP photo)

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Police say two officers have been killed by attackers who stormed a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, taking dozens of hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces. (Source: AP photo)

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An unidentified security personnel is taken for medical attention (AP Photo)

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The Islamic State's Amaq News Agency said the attack on the restaurant was carried out by "Islamic State commandos,'' according to the SITE Intelligence Group which monitors jihadist activity. (File)

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At least 30 people and policemen, including an Additional Commisioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, were injured in the firefight.The attackers hurled bombs from inside the restaurant, and were firing intermittently. Gunshots and explosions were heard from time to time near the restaurant. (Source: AP Photo)

Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard near a restaurant that has reportedly been attacked by unidentified gunmen in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 1, 2016. Local media reported that a group of attackers took hostages inside a restaurant frequented by both locals and foreigners in a diplomatic zone in Bangladesh's capital. (AP Photo)