Puchong blast work of Daesh militants – IGP

That includes two policemen who have been arrested over suspicion of being involved in the attack.

Malaysian police said Monday a recent hand grenade attack on a restaurant was linked to the Islamic State group, after initially saying the incident was not terror related.

More than 150 militant suspects have been detained in Malaysia over the past two years.

In a Facebook Messenger interview with Oriental Daily News not long after the attack on the Movida pub in Puchong, Islamic State (IS) member Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi spoke of a second terror attack to come. “Their other targets were the country’s senior leaders, the police and judges – because these three groups are those who block their activities”, Bakar said, without divulging names.

Police had initially ruled out terrorism as a motive for the attack, in which eight people were injured, and suggested that business rivalry or a targeted attack on someone in the bar was a more likely explanation.

According to Khalid, police also arrested 13 others, including two low-ranking police officers, in a counter-terrorism crackdown in the aftermath of the grenade attack.

Police also seized multiple sharp weapons, balaclavas, as well as ISIS flags and ideology materials during their operation, the Straits Times reported.

On Jan. 15, police detained a man who was allegedly hours away from carrying out a suicide attack in Kuala Lumpur.

Khalid said preliminary investigation found that they had obtained the grenades from a neighbouring country.

“Don’t give space to people who are threatening us”.

They also listed seven potential hotspots for Daesh attack in Malaysia.

Puchong is a major town in the Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia.

As of the end of a year ago, some 72 Malaysians – including 14 women – had been identified as having fled the country to join Daesh movements in Iraq and Syria.