ISIS Claims Responsibility for Attack at Bangladesh Cafe That’s Killed at Least 2

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack at a cafe in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

Foreigners are being held hostage in an ongoing shooting and hostage situation at the cafe in Gulshan, a neighborhood popular with foreigners. Authorities did not immediately provide the nationalities or number of hostages.

Two police officers have been killed and dozens of people have been injured, according to police.

No hostage deaths have been confirmed, police said.

A Twitter post circulated by Amaq, an ISIS media outlet, said that ISIS “commandos” attacked “a restaurant frequented by foreigners in the city of Dhaka.”

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby could not confirm that ISIS was responsible for the attack.

The Associated Press, citing local media and a witness who escaped, said as many as nine gunmen stormed a restaurant. The gunmen took hostages and exchanged gunfire with security officials.

Kirby said in a statement, "Our embassy in Dhaka has confirmed 100 percent accountability of all official American personnel with no injuries reported. We are working with the local authorities to determine if any U.S. citizens and locally–employed staff were affected.

“We join with the people of Bangladesh in expressing our outrage at this brutal act of terrorism and offer our condolences to the friends and families of the victims, including Bangladeshi law enforcement officials who have been killed or injured responding to the attack," Kirby said. "We are in ongoing contact with the Government of Bangladesh as the situation continues to unfold. We have offered our assistance in their efforts to bring to justice those responsible for these attacks and to combat terrorism and violent extremism."