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DHAKA MASSACRE

Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 2, 2018
Two years after deadly Dhaka siege, Bangladesh claims wins against militants
Two years after one of the worst Islamist attacks in Bangladesh's history, the country is touting its success in combatting and controlling militancy and extremism.
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2016
Foreign Ministry wants to chip in for aid workers' security costs
The government should contribute to the cost of protecting aid workers involved in Tokyo-backed development projects in light of the deadly terrorist attack in Bangladesh last month that left seven Japanese dead, the Foreign Ministry says.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2016
Abe, families attend memorial service for Bangladesh terror victims
Relatives and friends bid farewell at a memorial service in Tokyo to the seven Japanese victims of last month's terrorist attack in Bangladesh, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other government officials in attendance.
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2016
Bangladesh delays closing bid on huge Japan ODA project over security concerns
The Bangladeshi government has postponed the closing bid for a large-scale project funded by Japan's official development assistance in the wake of the terrorist attack on a restaurant in Dhaka earlier this month that left 20 hostages, including seven Japanese, dead, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 21, 2016
Bangladeshi who taught at Ritsumeikan among 10 suspects wanted by police over Dhaka attack: sources
Mohammad Saifullah Ozaki, who was born in Bangladesh, taught at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto Prefecture, but has been missing since he left Japan last year.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2016
Gunshot wounds killed at least 4 of 7 Japanese victims of Dhaka terrorist attack
At least four of the seven Japanese slain in the recent terrorist attack in Bangladesh died of gunshot wounds, investigative sources said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2016
Bangladeshi cafe employee tells of carnage, says Japanese murdered almost immediately
A Bangladeshi employee at the Dhaka cafe where 20 customers, including seven Japanese, were ruthlessly slain has said the Japanese were killed almost immediately.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2016
Dhaka cafe carnage just taste of what's to come till caliphate rules world: Islamic State video
Islamic State has warned of repeated attacks in Bangladesh and beyond until rule by sharia, Islamic law, is established, saying in a video last week's killing of 20 people in a Dhaka cafe was merely a glimpse of what is to come.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2016
Dhaka chef killed by police storming hostage standoff now believed in league with terrorists
A pizza chef killed during a militant attack on a cafe where he worked in Bangladesh's capital city last week was probably in league with the assailants, police said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2016
Bodies of nine Italians slain in Dhaka terrorist massacre brought to Rome
The bodies of nine Italians killed by Islamist militants who stormed an upmarket restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital last week were brought to Rome in a military plane on Tuesday.

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