Blast Near Airport: Suspect still unidentified
The body of the unidentified man, who was killed near a police box at the capital's Airport intersection on Friday, was torn apart when the bomb strapped to his body exploded, a forensic doctor said yesterday.
During the autopsy at Dhaka Medical College (DMC), doctors found two electrical cables and scotch tape wrapped to the body of the man, aged about 30 years.
Briefing reporters, Dr Sohel Mahmud, head of the forensic medicine department at DMC, said one end of a cable was attached to his back with scotch tape while the other cable was fitted to one of his hands with a wrist band.
“As the bomb was strapped to his body and a regulatory electrical cable was found fitted to one of his hands, it appears that the incident was suicidal,” he told reporters.
However, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia on Friday said it seemed the man with a trolley bag was taking the bomb somewhere. But seeing policemen, he became too cautious and ended up causing an explosion.
“What exactly happened could be known once a full-fledged investigation is done,” he told journalists at the blast scene.
Police collected the man's fingerprints to get those matched on the national database to identify him. The process could not be completed yesterday as it was a holiday, said Noor-e-Azam Mia, officer-in-charge of Bimanbandar Police Station.
A case was filed with the police station yesterday in connection with the blast under the Anti-Terrorism Act, said police.
Dr Sohel said splinters removed from the man's body looked similar to those found in the body of the suicide attacker who was killed inside the Rab barrack in the city's Ashkona on March 17.
Doctors collected hair and teeth, urine and blood samples from the body for identifying him and conducting chemical tests to ascertain whether he was drugged beforehand.
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