KUALA LUMPUR: Counterterrorism operatives are hot on the trail of an Islamic State (IS) militant who was arranging for a large-scale vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attack here. Sources said the man was the intermediary between the Malaysian IS leader in Syria, Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi, and two men who were arrested recently. The man, they said, would be the one who prepared the attack, and the duo, a Malaysian and an Indonesian, would carry it out. Khalid said they were part of a rebel group in Yemen who were involved in a syndicate forging travel documents. Khalid said when police arrested the men, they seized RM270,000 cash in various currencies and several foreign passports.

Source: New Strait Times March 06, 2017 03:00 UTC