TOKYO: Seven Japanese were killed after militants stormed a restaurant in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, Japan’s government confirmed late Saturday.

The Japanese were among 20 people, mostly foreigners, killed in the attack on the restaurant in an upmarket neighborhood on Friday night that was claimed by the Islamic State group.

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