Malaysian authorities have arrested four suspected ISIS militants, including one who was planning a suicide atttack in the country, as the Muslim-majority nation remained under a high alert after the recent terror attacks in Jakarta, the police chief said on Saturday.
A 28-year-old man was arrested in a Metro station in central Kuala lumpur on Friday by Counter Terrorism Division personnel with a knife and documents related to the ISIS, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement.
During initial interrogation of the suspect, he confessed to planning the lone wolf attack after receiving instructions from ISIS members in Syria, Khalid said.