Bangladesh police say may have killed hostage by mistake in cafe siege

Bangladeshi police said on Tuesday security strengths may have given dead a prisoner by misstep amid an attack of a Dhaka bistro on the weekend, trusting he was one of the assailants.

Saiful Islam, a senior police official in Dhaka, said Saiful Islam Chowkidar, a pizza creator at the Holey Artisan eatery, was among six men who were killed by the police on Saturday when officers raged the restaurant to end a 12-hour attack.

(Reporting by Rupam Jain and Ruma Paul; Writing by Tommy Wilkes; Editing by Robert Birsel)