Dhaka cafe attack: Bangladeshis mourn hostages, officers killed

Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN)As Ramadan comes to a close, Bangladesh begins its remembrance.
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared two days of national mourning Sunday for the victims of a terror attack that left 20 hostages dead at a cafe in Dhaka.
In addition to the hostages, the terrorists killed two police officers.
The massacre occurred during the holy month of Ramadan, at the end of the day when Muslims would have been breaking their daily fast. The holiday is set to end Tuesday evening.

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"We don't want these terrorists in Bangladesh," the Prime Minister said. "This type of situation is a first in Bangladesh, until now they were committing individual murders. But now suddenly they created this type of situation. What they did here was a very heinous act."

Authorities released the nationalities of the 20 hostages found dead inside the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe after Bangladeshi troops stormed the cafe early Saturday morning, ending a nearly 11-hour siege.

The attack took place in the city's diplomatic enclave, and those killed were from around the globe: Italians, Japanese, Indian, Bangladeshi and an American, according to the country's Joint Force Command.