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Malaysia detains 7 suspected IS members plotting attacks Malaysia detains 7 suspected IS members plotting attacks
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian police have detained seven more people suspected of being Islamic State members who were plotting attacks in the country. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian police have detained seven men suspected of being an Islamic State militant cell that was plotting attacks, authorities said Sunday.
National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar says the seven Malaysians were detained over the past three days in several states. He says the operation was a follow-up to the Jan. 15 detention of a man who was planning a suicide attack in Kuala Lumpur. The seven Malaysians were detained over the past three days in a follow-up operation after the Jan. 15 detention of a man who was planning a suicide attack in Kuala Lumpur, national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said.
Khalid says police also seized a cache of bullets. He says the seven men were members of the same militant cell planning attacks in strategic locations across Malaysia. He said in a statement Sunday that one of the suspects received orders from an Indonesian man in Syria who had a role in planning the recent bombings in Jakarta. Among the items seized were 30 types of bullets, jihad books and Islamic State flags and videos, he said.
“All the suspects are members of the same (terror) cell, which is responsible for planning to launch terror attacks in strategic locations across Malaysia,” Khalid said in a statement.
The suspect thought to be the cell leader is a 31-year-old assistant housekeeping manager at a hotel in southern Johor state, Khalid said. He said one of the suspects, whom he didn’t identify, received orders from Bahrom Naim, an Indonesian based in Syria who had a role in planning the Jakarta attacks.
Malaysia raised its security alert level following the attacks Jan. 14 in neighboring Indonesia.
More than 150 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group have been detained in Malaysia over the past two years, including some accused of plotting attacks in Kuala Lumpur.
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