Koran

'I escaped death by reciting from the Koran'

Emerging from the appalling, bloody debris are stories of immense courage. There are also unanswered questions about what happened to some of those who died.

It was about 20:45 on a Friday evening just before the Islamic festival of Eid. The restaurant - the Holey Artisan Bakery and O'Kitchen in Gulshan, Dhaka's leafiest, most exclusive area - was filling up, mostly with Japanese and Italian customers.

Suddenly, the five young militants burst in shooting and began hacking at the diners with sharp weapons.

'Ahok': Jakarta governor faces blasphemy trial

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known by his Chinese name Ahok, is accused of insulting the Koran.

Mr Purnama has apologised for the offending remarks but denies committing blasphemy, which carries a maximum five year jail sentence.

The case is being seen as a test of religious tolerance in Indonesia.

Mr Purnama is the city's first non-Muslim governor in 50 years and there are some who fear the trial signals the growing influence of hardliners in the world's largest Muslim majority nation.