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Tarishi Jain, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of California Berkeley, was killed during the 10-hour standoff at Holey Artisan Bakery, the school said Saturday. The Indian national was interning at a bank in Dhaka this summer and was planning on majoring in economics.
“She was a smart and ambitious young woman with a big heart. Our deepest condolences to her family, friends and the entire Berkeley community,” Sanchita Saxena, executive director of the Institute for South Asia Studies, said in a statement.
Officials at Atlanta's Emory University also confirmed two of its undergrads, Abinta Kabir and Faraaz Hossain, were among the people found dead inside the café in the capital city of Dhaka.
A throng of attackers — later claimed by the Islamic State — stormed the cafe late Friday night shouting "Allahu Akbar,” which means “God is Great” in Arabic. They ignored police negotiation attempts and opened fire on the cops who had surrounded the restaurant, killing two officers, police said.
Paramilitary troops eventually raided the café early Saturday morning, about 10 hours into the standoff, and killed six of the gunmen. A seventh was captured alive.
The team rescued 13 of the hostages. Twenty others — all foreigners — had already been killed by the terrorists, officials said.
