DHAKA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladesh police said on Friday that they have identified a militant suspect who supplied crude bombs to militants of the July 1 Dhaka cafe attack that left 22 people, including 18 foreigners and two police officers, dead.
Monirul Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told a press briefing that "Sohel Mahfuz made the bombs and supplied to the cafe attackers."
He said they already found important information about Mahfuz who is a member of the newly formed banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
He also said police were trying to arrest Marzan, one of the masterminds of the Spanish cafe attack, to get more information about Mahfuz.
"If we can arrest Marzan we'll get more information about Mahfuz," he added.
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