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By Prashanth Parameswaran
Details of two incidents raise further concerns about the role of Malaysians within the group.
Two Malaysian suicide bombers linked to the Islamic State (IS) blew themselves up in Syria and Iraq in the last two weeks, killing more than 30 others, the Malaysian newspaper New Straits Times reported January 11.
According to the NST, Terengganu-born Mohd Amirul Ahmad Rahim set off bombs in a car in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the stronghold of IS, on December 29. The newspaper cited sources as saying that he had left his family in Malaysia for Syria in October 2014 to become part of the terror group.
Five days later, another Malaysian blew himself up in the Iraqi city of Tikrit. On January 3, Mohamad Syazwan Mohd Salim was reportedly one of seven suicide bombers who carried out an attack at a police training center at Speicher military base, killing 12 policemen and wounding 20 others. Syazwan left Malaysia with his younger brother in September 2014 via Turkey to join IS.
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