announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. good evening, i m thomas roberts in for lester. just days after the deadly terrorist strike at istanbul s airport, tonight isis is claiming responsibility for attacking a crowded restaurant popular with foreigners in banglade bangladesh, where armed gunmen took dozens of has stajss. the crisis happening in bangladesh, in the capital city of dhaka. reporter: it was mid evening when the gunmen stormed a restaurant popular with foreigners and began firing. there have been various explosions and blasts and gun fire coming from down the street. reporter: the lakeside restaurant is in the capital s embassy district. from the u.s. came this warning, please shelter in place and monitor news. up to 20 foreign hostages are reported held inside the restaurant, their nationalities unknown, though american diplomats aren t among them. they have accounted for 100% of american citiz
announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. good evening, i m thomas roberts in for lester. just days after the deadly terrorist strike at istanbul s airport, tonight isis is claiming responsibility for attacking a crowded restaurant popular with foreigners in bangladesh, where armed gunmen took dozens of hostages. the crisis happening in bangladesh, in the capital city of dhaka. reporter: it was mid evening when the gunmen stormed a restaurant popular with foreigners and began firing. there have been various explosions and blasts and gun fire coming from down the street. reporter: the lakeside restaurant is in the capital s embassy district. from the u.s. embassy came this warning, please shelter in place and monitor news. up to 20 foreign hostages are reported held inside the restaurant, their nationalities unknown, though american diplomats aren t among them. they have accounted for 100% of american citizens