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		</div><p>The so-called Islamic State has claimed an attack on a Bangladesh restaurant in which militants killed 20 hostages, saying it targeted the citizens of &#8220;Crusader countries&#8221; in the capital, Dhaka.</p>
<p>The statement was circulated by supporters of the group on the Telegram messaging service today. It resembled previous statements released by the extremist group.</p>
<p>Nine of the dead hostages were Italian, seven were Japanese and one was Indian, according to those countries. The White House said a US citizen was among the hostages killed.</p>
<p>It was not immediately clear if the Islamic State leadership in Syria and Iraq was involved in the planning the attack. IS has previously claimed attacks carried out by so-called lone wolf attackers with no known connection to the group.</p>
<p>Japan&#8217;s chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday night in Tokyo that five men and two women who were Japanese had died in the attack.</p>
<p>They were among eight Japanese nationals eating at the restaurant. One man who had been shot was rescued, and being treated at a hospital.</p>
<p>The Japanese were consultants working on a Japanese government aid project in Dhaka.</p>
<p>The bodies of nine Italians were identified, the Italian foreign minister said.</p>
<p>Paolo Gentiloni told reporters that there was another, unidentified body in the military morgue of Bangladesh but the nationality has not yet been determined.</p>
<p>Italian news reports had said around 10 Italians were inside the restaurant in Dhaka when it was attacked by militants.</p>
<p>One of the victims of the attack had earlier been identified by Italian media as a 47-year-old manager from north-eastern Italy.<br />
Italian agency Ansa said the man, who was married and the father of three-year-old twin girls, was in Bangladesh for work.<br />
Ansa said word spread in the town of Feletto Umberto, near Udine, on Saturday that the man was among the 20 who died in the attack by extremists.</p>
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