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2016 Gulshan, Dhaka attack

Bangladesh jamat islami doing terrorist attacks in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Event mass_shooting Q25250323

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
mass shooting, terrorist attack, hostage taking[2][3]
Country
Bangladesh[1]
Location
Gulshan Thana[4]
Part of
Islamic terrorism[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 23.803°, 90.417°
Armament
assault rifle, pistol, bomb, sword[6][7][8][9]
Number of deaths
+28[11]
Number of injured
+50[12]
Number of perpetrators
+5[13]
Perpetrator
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, Islamic State, Mohammad Saifullah Ozaki[14][15][16]
Point in time
July 1, 2016[10]
🏷️ Also known as
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Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dipto shopoth, gulshan.jpg ↗
Google Knowledge Graph ID
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🔗 Connections
Armament 4
sword, bomb, pistol, assault rifle
Instance of 3
terrorist attack, mass shooting, hostage taking
Perpetrator 2
Islamic State, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
Country 1
Bangladesh
Location 1
Gulshan Thana
Part of 1
Islamic terrorism
← Significant event 1
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
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  1. 6d ago · ~2026-58205-44 · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Coordinate location → {'lat': 23.802511111111, 'lon': 90.416688888889}
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → mass shooting, terrorist attack, hostage taking
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