WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says a U.S. citizen was among the 20 hostages killed in attack on a restaurant in Bangladesh.
Spokesman Josh Earnest has confirmed the death Saturday. An identity has not been released.
Earnest says the U.S. government has offered assistance to Bangladeshi authorities as they investigate what happened.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility.
Earnest says the attack was a “despicable act of terrorism” and the U.S. stands with Bangladesh and the international community to confront terrorism wherever it occurs.
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A single American is dead. Presumably, the Republicans will be calling for sending troops to Bangladesh any minute now, and if Obama hasn’t done so by tomorrow, they’ll be calling him weak and feckless.
Ah…the religion of peace.
Details on the American girl who was killed.
Trump: Another Radical Islamist has killed a dear American. What are Obama’s plans to invade Asia? ISIL has now expanded its presence.
They sid this happened in an upscale part of Dhakah. I didn’t know Bangladesh had any places that were affluent