DHAKA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Police in Bangladesh capital Dhaka reported Tuesday that a DNA test has confirmed the identity of July 1 cafe attack that left 20 people, mostly foreigners, dead.
Masudur Rahman, a DHAKA Metropolitan Police (DMP) spokesman, told journalists that they have ascertained the identity of the cafe attack mastermind Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury with the DNA test results they received from Canada.
He said Chowdhury's DNA sample matched that of his father Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury.
His DNA sample was sent to Canada for test and verification, he added.
The suspected mastermind of the deadly cafe attack was killed in a police raid in Narayanganj on the outskirts of capital Dhaka on Aug. 27 morning.
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