Suspected Islamic gunmen attacked an upscale cafe in Dhaka popular with foreigners before police stormed the building on Saturday and rescued at least 13 hostages, officials said.

‘A Japanese government spokesman says a Japanese hostage has been rescued but seven others unaccounted for in the restaurant attack in Bangladesh’, reports Associated Press.

‘Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda said Saturday that the eight were together at the restaurant during the attack.’

‘Hagiuda says the Japanese man who was rescued was shot and is still being treated. He declined to give specifics about the hostage’s condition but said he is able to talk.

He says the eight people were from different companies involved in the same project led by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.’