The flag of the Islamic State group (Photo: AFP)Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Malaysian police on January 22 announced that they havearrested two men with links to Islamic State (IS) on suspicion of planning tocarry out acts of violence and promoting IS ideology.
The two suspects were arrested in two separate raids in December and January.
One of the suspects is a 23-year-old Indonesian who was detained last week. He wanderedaround Kuala Lumpur with a knife in an unsuccessful attempt to attack Buddhistmonks in revenge for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in November,according to the police.
In a statement, police chief Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the suspect alsocommunicated with a senior IS leader, sought to recruit several otherIndonesians and put up an IS flag at the building site where he worked.
The second suspect, detained in December, was a 25-year-old religious schoolteacher, who served an 18-month jail term for terrorism.
The teacher, who wasreleased from prison in November 2016, was found to have been plotting attackson entertainment venues in Malaysia's Klang Valley area, said Mohamad Fuzi,adding that he also planned to murder non-Muslims and believed that non-Muslimassets could be seized.
The police also foundevidence showing that the teacher was having contact with IS militants andpromoting IS ideology on Facebook with the intention of recruiting militants.-VNA
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