News Exercise #145

1. What word did the presenter use to say that police/military entered the restaurant to defeat the terrorists?
2. What expression was used to say that police and terrorists shot at each other?
3. We see in the caption that 6 attackers had been killed, but how many of them remained alive?
4. Before this attack, Bangladesh has suffered many cases of extremist Islamic violence – but who were the victims, and how had they been killed?

Answers:
1. What word did the presenter use to say that police/military entered the restaurant to defeat the terrorists?
“Storm” – She said at 0:08, “…as troops stormed a restaurant in Bangladesh…” The word was used later also.
2. What expression was used to say that police and terrorists shot at each other?
They “exchanged gunfire”.
3. We see in the caption that 6 attackers had been killed, but how many of them remained alive?
One terrorist was arrested.
4. Before this attack, Bangladesh has suffered many cases of extremist Islamic violence – but who were the victims, and how had they been killed?
They were minorities and secular activists, and they had all been stabbed to death.