NEW DELHI — Bangladesh police said that a militant suspected of being a leader of an attack on a popular cafe in Bangladesh’s capital that left 20 people dead last year has been killed in a shootout with security officials.

Counterterrorism unit head Monirul Islam said Nurul Islam Marzan was one of two people killed in a shoot­out early Friday in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He did not provide details. Also killed was Saddam Hossain, an accomplice of Marzan, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

Marzan was identified by police as a leader of the Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh group.

Associated Press