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The entire world was taken aback after a terrorist attack shook the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian, one Bangladeshi American and two Bangladeshis were among the 22 killed in the terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan on Friday night. After a 12-hour siege commandos rescued 13 people. Two police officers died and 30 others were injured, whereas six attackers were killed in the raid at the restaurant.
The brutality of the attack, the worst convulsion of violence yet in the recent series of deadly attacks to hit Bangladesh, has stunned the traditionally moderate Muslim nation and raised global concerns about whether it can cope with the increasingly strident Islamist militants. Indeed, it is a hard time for the families of the victims who lost their loved and dear ones in the terrorist attacks. Here’s a look at the families of the victims paying their last tributes to the deceased.
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Relatives and friends of Tarishi Jain, a victim of the attack on Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery, carry her coffin for a memorial service before cremation in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.
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US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat, talks to Italian ambassador to Bangladesh, Mario Palma, as they attend a ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, at a stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Unidentified relatives of Bangladeshi victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery pay tribute to the deceased, at a stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A Bangladeshi soldier reacts as people pay their respects to the Bangladeshi victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, at a stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Coffins bearing the bodies of victims of the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery – one draped in both the Bangladesh and U.S. flags – are laid out for people to pay their last respects, at a stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Relatives of Abinta Kabir, student of Emory University of U.S., carry her coffin draped with theBangladesh and U.S. flags after a ceremony for victims of the attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, talks to the relatives of Bangladeshi victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery during a memorial service in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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A Bangladeshi soldier controls local residents as they pour in to pay their respects to the victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, at a stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Foreign diplomats embrace each other as they attend a ceremony to offer tribute to the victims of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, at a stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.