The three terror suspects arrested by Malaysian police (Photo: thestar)
Hanoi (VNA) – Three militantsinspired by the self-claimed Islamic State (IS) group have been arrested inMalaysia, accused of planning attacks on non-Muslim places of worship in thecountry and neighbouring Indonesia, police said on May 16.
An Indonesian, Nuruddin Alele, was detainedoutside Kuala Lumpur following a tip-off, Malaysian national police chief AbdulHamid Bador said.
The man had been exposed to IS ideologywhile serving a five-year jail term in Indonesia. He was involved in a plot tokill high-profile individuals and attack Christian, Hindu and Buddhist placesof worship and entertainment outlets around Kuala Lumpur, the police chiefadded.
The two other suspects, Muhammad SyazaniMahzan and Muhamad Nuurul Amin Azizan from Malaysia, were arrested on May 14 inthe northern Malaysian state of Kedah, police said.
The Malaysian police chief said these twosuspects had undergone bomb-making training in the Indonesian city of Yogyakartain 2018 which was conducted by the terror group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah. Theyhad been seen surveying several churches in Yogyakarta to launch attacks.
The suspects are thought to have links to awider IS-inspired cell, some of whose members were detained last week inMalaysia.
Malaysia and Indonesia, bothMuslim-majority countries, are on high alert amid fears that IS supporters areplotting attacks after the group's defeat in the Middle East.-VNA
