Hanoi(VNA) - Malaysian police said on June 1 they have detained 15 people suspected ofgetting involved in terror-related activities.
The suspects,including six Filipinos, two from an unspecified North African country and aBangladeshi, were seized by the anti-terrorism police unit in a series ofoperations between March 27 and May 9, said Malaysian Police Chief Mohamad FuziHarun.
Of them, ahousewife was accused of planning to drive a vehicle carrying gas cylindersinto non-Muslim worship places as well as voters during the election day.
The Bangladeshi man, who owns a restaurant in downtown Kuala Lumpur, isbelieved to be involved in smuggling weapons for terrorist groups, said Fuzi.
The police alsoarrested a 17-year-old high school student, who had planned to launch attackson churches, entertainment outlets and Hindu temples in Kuala Lumpur withMolotov cocktail.
The othersuspects were accused of stockpiling weapons to be used in the war in Marawicity in the southern Philippines.
Southeast Asiahas seen a wave of terror attacks lately, first insouthern Thailand and then Indonesia. A grenade attack at a bar in suburb KualaLumpur took place in 2016, the first attack linked to the Islamic State group.The country has arrested hundreds of people for suspected links to terroristgroups in the last several years.-VNA
The suspects,including six Filipinos, two from an unspecified North African country and aBangladeshi, were seized by the anti-terrorism police unit in a series ofoperations between March 27 and May 9, said Malaysian Police Chief Mohamad FuziHarun.
Of them, ahousewife was accused of planning to drive a vehicle carrying gas cylindersinto non-Muslim worship places as well as voters during the election day.
The Bangladeshi man, who owns a restaurant in downtown Kuala Lumpur, isbelieved to be involved in smuggling weapons for terrorist groups, said Fuzi.
The police alsoarrested a 17-year-old high school student, who had planned to launch attackson churches, entertainment outlets and Hindu temples in Kuala Lumpur withMolotov cocktail.
The othersuspects were accused of stockpiling weapons to be used in the war in Marawicity in the southern Philippines.
Southeast Asiahas seen a wave of terror attacks lately, first insouthern Thailand and then Indonesia. A grenade attack at a bar in suburb KualaLumpur took place in 2016, the first attack linked to the Islamic State group.The country has arrested hundreds of people for suspected links to terroristgroups in the last several years.-VNA
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