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Malaysia foils attack on Arab royalties ahead of Saudi King’s visit

Malaysia announced on March 7 that seven suspected militants arrested late February, ahead of Saudi Arabian King’s visit to Malaysia from February 26, were planning an attack on Arab royalties.
Malaysia foils attack on Arab royalties ahead of Saudi King’s visit ảnh 1One of the suspects arrested by Malaysian police. (Source: straitstimes.com)

Hanoi (VNA) – Malaysia announced onMarch 7 that seven suspected militants arrested late February, ahead of SaudiArabian King’s visit to Malaysia from February 26, were planning an attack onArab royalties.

Speaking with reporters, Inspector - Generalof Malaysian Police Khalid Abu Bakar said that the police captured the militantswhen they were planning an attack on the occasion of King Salman bin Abdulazizal-Saud’s visit. Two of the seven suspects were plotting a large scale car-bombattack.

Earlier, Malaysia reported the arrest of oneMalaysian and six foreigners, comprising of one Indonesian, four Yemenis andone East Asian between February 21 and 26, for suspected links to militantgroups, including the self-claimed Islamic State (IS).

Malaysia has arrested hundreds of peopleover the years on suspicion of terrorist offences. The country has been on highalert since a grenade attack in Kuala Lumpur’s outskirts in July 2016, which ISclaimed responsibility for.-VNA

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