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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian police have arrested 16 individuals suspected of terrorist activities, including a group that has pledged allegiance to a Malaysian Islamic State (IS) member in Syria.
Fourteen of the suspects belonged to a local cell and have used internet to swear an oath of allegiance to Mohamad Wanndy Mohamad Jedi, a Malaysian IS militant in Syria, police said on Sunday.
The police said they believed the group had channelled fund to Mohamad Wanndy.
The militant believed to be the mastermind of the first and so far the only IS related attack in Malaysia, when a grenade hit a bar in outskirt of the capital city of Kuala Lumpur in June, injuring several people.
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