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Indonesian arrested in Malaysia following terror alert
Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division officers arresting one of the three suspected terrorists in Kuala Lumpur
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Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division officers arresting one of the three suspected terrorists in Kuala Lumpur. (The Star Online/ANN) (The Star Online/ANN)
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span class="inline inline-center">Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division officers arresting one of the three suspected terrorists in Kuala Lumpur. (The Star Online/ANN)
One Indonesian and two other suspects have been detained in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, following a terror alert issued by the US embassy and several others about a possible terror attack on Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang.
According to a report by The Star Online, the suspects, which included a Malaysian and a Syrian, aged 30 and 51, were arrested between 6:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. after officers of Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division raided a few places along Jalan Hang Tuah on Thursday and cooperated with the police from several other countries in obtaining vital information.
'We are investigating the involvement of the suspects in the supposed terror threat in Jalan Alor,' said deputy inspector general of Police Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim on Friday.
According to Noor Rashid, one of the suspects made frequent trips to Yemen and had returned to Malaysia a few days ago.
'We are in the midst of verifying whether the trio had planned to launch an attack in Malaysia,' he said.
The Star Online also reported that a house belonging to the Indonesian showed that he had, among other things, books on militancy.
'Among the books seized were some on Al-Qaeda and a book on the US army,' one source said. 'The suspect even had a US Desert Storm military uniform.'
Another source said the Indonesian was married to a woman from Yemen and he had frequently traveled to the country.
On Thursday, the United States Embassy and Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur issued travel advisories to their citizens on the possibility of terrorist attacks in Jalan Alor and its surrounding areas. (kes)(++++)
