A Bangladeshi teenager who police say was a suspect in last week's deadly attack on a Dhaka cafe has died in custody, with his family insisting he was a hostage and alleging torture by security forces.
More than 300,000 worshipers were praying for the festival of Eid in an area called Sholakia, 62 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Dhaka, when the attack began.
The Bangladesh military spokesman, on Saturday confirmed the death of 20 hostages during a siege in Dhaka, when terrorists stormed a restaurant. Brig.-Gen.
A 16-year-old girl whose romantic notion towards a 17-year-old Mahmudul Hasan Maruf, was turned down by him, reportedly threw acid in his face in an incident which occurred in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The commodity rallied at the end of last week as news filtered through of an attack on a restaurant in Dhaka, which compounded worries about terrorism days after suicide bombers hit Istanbul airport.