Police On High Alert As IS Recruits Make Plans To Rob Banks And Kidnap Malaysian VIPs
Malaysians supporting the Islamic State have passed the first stage of recruitment and training new members. Now in their second stage, they plan to take their extremist ideas much further.
Cover image via valuewalk.comPolice are on high alert after it emerged that Islamic State (IS) militants may be planning bank heists as well as to kidnap Malaysian dignitaries for ransom to finance their activities
It is also believed that Malaysians who have been drawn to IS are convinced that the war between Syria and Iraq is apocalyptic
On 20 May, six people were charged for planning to launch terrorist attacks using homemade bombs. It was alleged that they were targetting Putrajaya and other governmental buildings in Klang Valley.
Bukit Aman's Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division detaining 11 men at the foothills of Hutan Lipur Gunung Nuang on April 25, 2015.
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