Malaysian police say they have nabbed a suspected Daesh-linked militant in capital Kuala Lumpur, just hours before a planned suicide attack.
Inspector General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said in a statement Saturday that the 28-year-old was arrested at a rail station, before a planned Friday night suicide bombing.
"The man confessed to the police of a suicide attack plan, which he [said he] was told to do... by his comrades in Syria. The attack was suppose to be last night at a karaoke or a pub."
Bakar said that the man was one of four individuals with suspected links to Daesh detained in Malaysia and Turkey in an anti-terror operation launched this week.
The other three were Malaysians nabbed by the Turkish government, Bakar claimed.
The statement said they were detained on suspicion of committing offences under Chapter VIA of the Penal Code on offences related to terrorism.
On Thursday, Malaysia`s police raised the country`s terror alert level to its highest after multiple explosions and an ensuing shootout with police left seven people dead in neighboring Indonesia.
It said that additional police officers would be deployed to public areas such as shopping malls and tourist attractions throughout the country to pre-empt any similar outbreaks of violence.
Malaysian police nab suicide bomber hours before attack
16 January 2016
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Inspector General of Police says man one of four individuals with suspected links to Daesh detained in Malaysia and Turkey in anti-terror operation this week
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