Police exchanged gunfire with armed attackers Friday in a diplomatic zone of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Here’s what we know:
• There are armed assailants inside a Spanish restaurant. Some customers are trapped inside, police official Gen. Benzir Ahmed told reporters. “We are trying to resolve this issue peacefully,” he said.
• Assailants are throwing grenades at police, a source at the scene said.
• “An unknown number of people are trapped,” Gulshan police station duty officer Sayedur Rahman said.
• A police bomb disposal unit was on standby to go in.
• The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka warned of the situation on Twitter, advising people to shelter in place and noting that a hostage situation had been reported.
• The area has been cordoned off, police said.
