Saturday's deadly attack in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which left at least 28 people dead, was designed to target foreign nationals and the Bangladeshi elite.
The bakery and restaurant where the incident occurred is located in the capital city's diplomatic quarter, and local press reports suggest the terrorists sorted victims by nationality and religion. Three of the hostages who were killed were students at American universities.
Despite the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the attack, Bangladeshi authorities say all seven of the gunmen were homegrown militants, members of an illegal Islamic fundamentalist group. "They are members of the Jamaeytul Mujahdeen Bangladesh," said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. "They have no connections with the Islamic State."
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