Bangladesh forces storm Dkaka hostage cafe

BBC News ^ | 7/1/2016 | BBC

[Enchante]

You are mistaken completely, the country now known as "Sri Lanka" is an island off the southeastern tip of India, formerly known as CEYLON during British colonial rule.

The country now known as "Bangladesh" is next to the NORTHeasstern part of India and was formerly known as "East Pakistan" after the end of the British Empire.

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are different places:

Map of Bangladesh

Map of Sri Lanka

[Inyo-Mono]

Reports say several of those held are Italian, and some may be Japanese. The fate of the hostages is unknown.

For God's sake, why do people insist on vacationing in these hellholes? Yosemite is nice this time of year.

[WENDLE]

You right. They all look the same to me.

[Karl Spooner]

[jmacusa]

“Hundreds storming a cafe’’? Geez, how big is this cafe?

[Mears]

Fox was quoting a Bangladesh official.

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[Mears]

The may not be tourists but government officials.

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[agere_contra]

Please do not blame the victims.

[Royal Wulff]

They killed hostages who could not cite passages from the Koran before the raid. Any “hostages” rescued were Muslims the terrorists had spared.