Rich tributes paid to Holey Artisan victims
People from all walks of life on Monday paid rich tributes to victims of the Holey Artisan cafe attack by placing wreaths at the site of the country’s deadliest terrorist incident in capital’s Gulshan diplomatic zone.
The site of the Holey Artisan Bakery — where 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed in a terrorist attack three years back — was kept open for visitors in the morning today for paying respect to their memories, BSS reports.
Victims’ family members and friends, foreigners, members of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), political leaders and different socio-cultural organizations placed wreaths at the site in the morning.
Armed militants stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery and took several people hostage back on July 1, 2016.
The standoff ended in a bloody operation after 22 hours, resulting in death of 20 hostages and two police officers – – Assistant commissioner (AC) Rabiul Islam and Banani police station officer-in-charge Salauddin Khan.
Apart from the families, friends and close relatives, people from all walks of life, embassies and international agencies,
Police Service Association and different political parties also paid homage to the innocent victims in the Dhaka cafe attack by the operatives of the neo-Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), a banned militant organization.
In 2018, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) inaugurated a sculpture title “Dipta Shapath” in front of Gulshan police station in memory of the two police officers who had to embrace death to save the innocent people, who were kept hostage by the terrorists inside the Dhaka cafe on the fateful night on July 1, 2016.
Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Benazir Ahmed, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia and senior police officials placed wreaths there.
