In pictures: Holey Artisan Bakery, two years later

On the night of July 1, 2016, five heavily-armed militants barged into at Gulshan’s Holey Artisan Bakery just after iftar. They tortured and murdered 20 people inside the bakery, and killed two policemen part of the rescue operation. The attack was the most significant militant attack in Bangladesh in the recent years.

Rajib Dhar

Publish : 01 Jul 2018, 05:04 PMUpdate : 01 Jul 2018, 05:04 PM

In memory of Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, Abinta Kabir, Ishrat Akhond, Tarishi Jain, Adele Puglisi, Claudia Maria D'Antona, Simona Monti, Marco Tondat, Nadia Benedetti, Vincenzo D'Allestro, Maria Rivoli, Cristian Rossi, Claudio Cappelli, Koyo Ogasawara, Makoto Okamura, Yuko Sakai, Rui Shimodaira, Hiroshi Tanaka, Nobuhiro Kurosaki, Hideki Hashimoto, Zakir Hossain Shaon, Saiful Islam Choukidar, Rabiul Karim, and Salauddin Khan.

Security forces remain alert at the gates of the former Holey Artisan Bakery site | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

Floral wreaths in remembrance of those who tragically died in the attack | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

Security forces remain alert at the gates of the former Holey Artisan Bakery site | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

The mother of Zakir Hossain Shaon u2013 a bakery staff u2013 mourns with his portrait on the former site of the bakery | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

The director general of RAB pays his respects along with his staff | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

Floral wreaths in remembrance of those who tragically died in the attack | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

A sculpture of the two policemen who fell in the line of duty was raised on the former bakery premises | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

The building, which has remained unused since the attack, opened its doors to visitors on the anniversary of the attack | Rajib Dhar/Dhaka Tribune

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