Dhaka: A case was filed with Gulshan Police on Monday night in connection with the gruesome attack on a Spanish restaurant in Dhaka’s Gulshan area on Friday night that left 22 killed apart from six attackers.

Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Masudur Rahman said police filed the case under the Anti-Terrorism Act against the five slain militants and several people in connection with the heinous attack.

On Friday evening, seven gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery and opened fire and took around 40 people, including restaurant staff and guests—both locals and foreigners—hostage.

Twenty hostages—nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian, one Bangladeshi-born American and two Bangladeshis—were killed in the terror attack at the restaurant.

Besides, two senior police officers—Banani Police Station officer-in-charge Salauddin Ahmed Khan and Detective Branch assistant commissioner Robiul Islam—were killed as they tried to rescue the hostages.

Thirteen people, including three foreigners, were rescued while 20 bodies of the hostages were recovered from the restaurant after a successful operation codenamed ‘Thunderbolt’.

Six of the seven gunmen were killed and one suspected militant was arrested during the drive.