Developing news: 20 or people are being held hostage at a restaurant in the diplomatic area of Dhaka. The restaurant is frequented by westerners.
Here's what is known so far:
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• Gunmen are holding about 20 people hostage at Holey Artisan Bakery, a cafe popular with expats, cafe owner Sumon Reza told CNN.
• A police officer in charge of a nearby police station was shot dead, Maruf Hasan of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police said.
• 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. It's unclear how many hostages there are.
• Assailants are throwing grenades at police, a source at the scene said.
• A police bomb disposal unit was on standby to go in.
• The attack comes on the same day a Hindu priest was hacked to death at his temple in Bangladesh's southwestern district of Jhenaidah early Friday, police said.
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Another sad day for all of us 
