Police exchanged gunfire with armed attackers Friday in a diplomatic zone of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
There are armed assailants inside a Spanish restaurant. Some customers are trapped inside, police official Gen. Benzir Ahmed told reporters. "We are trying to resolve this issue peacefully," he said. Assailants are throwing grenades at police, a source at the scene said. "An unknown number of people are trapped," Gulshan police station duty officer Sayedur Rahman said. A police bomb disposal unit was on standby to go in. The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka warned of the situation on Twitter, advising people to shelter in place and noting that a hostage situation had been reported. The area has been cordoned off, police said.
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