08 March 2017

News Story: Malaysia arrests seven terror suspects

Hanoi (VNA) – Malaysian police arrested six foreigners and one Malaysian for suspected links to terrorist groups, including the self-claimed Islamic State (IS), on March 5.

The six foreigners were an Indonesian, four Yemenis and one person from an East Asian country.

In a statement, Inspector-General of Malaysian Police Khalid Abu Bakar said that the Malaysian and Indonesian were accused of planning a car-bomb attack in Malaysia, before aiming to join IS in Syria. They were accused of being part of the IS network and receiving instructions from Muhammad Jedi, a Malaysian IS gunman in Syria.

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