Twelve people have been arrested for suspected links with the dreaded Islamic State terror group and seized a cache of explosive devices during raids in two suburbs here, Malaysian police announced on Sunday, a day before the eve of key Southeast Asian summit.
The raids were conducted in the suburbs of Hulu langat and the city centre during this weekend. “They were planning for causing chaos in the country. Explosives have been confiscated” Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar tweeted. The suspects aged between 17 to 41 are linked to the Islamic State militant group and believed to be plotting attacks on several government targets in the country, he said. They were suspected of plotting attacks on “strategic targets around the Klang valley”, he added. The explosives seized included 20 kg of ammonium nitrate and 20 kg of potassium nitrate, a statement by the police s said.