 One of the attackers was believed killed by one of the hotel's armed guards; the rest were killed by Afghan special forces.Surviving son Abuzar may go to Canada to live with an uncle.While they claimed responsibility for the attack, after realising who had been killed, the Taliban insisted the murders of Sardar and his family had been unintentional, a result of crossfire, even going so far as to issue a rare apology for the deaths of the children.