Bangladesh's home minister, Asaduz-zaman Khan, has said the militants who killed 20 people at a restaurant in Dhaka were all locals. Khan said all the gunmen were Bangladeshi residents and that their parents also lived in the country. He added that five of the militants were previously on the government's wanted list.

Khan dismissed Islamic State's claims that they had carried out the attack, saying home-grown militants were responsible. However, ISIL insists it was behind Friday's attack. Bangladesh has declared two days of national mourning.