Published on 08:31 PM, June 23, 2017

London mosque attack victim was Bangladeshi: Cops

Armed police officers attend to the scene after a vehicle collided with pedestrians near a mosque in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of North London, Britain June 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters

The London Metropolitan Police today confirmed that the man who died in a terror attack in front of the Finsbury Mosque in London several days ago is a British-Bangladeshi.

He was identified as Makram Ali, 51, hailing from Sylhet, and he died of multiple injuries, according to a press release of Bangladesh High Commission in London.

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His family issued a statement saying they did not want any retaliation but for everyone to pray for peace.