The 14 suspects are aged between 20 and 49, and include cooks, a mechanic, a welder and a student. Government officials placed the country on high alert after Islamic State staged its first attack in the country on June 28. One of the suspects was believed to have passed on bomb-making instructions at the behest of a Malaysian IS recruiter based in Syria identified as Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi. (AP Photo)KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities said on Saturday that they had foiled a bomb plot against top police officers and arrested 14 suspected Islamic State (IS) operatives in a week-long operation. A Malaysian soldier and a police officer talk to a tourist at the KL Sentral train station in Kuala Lumpur on July 7.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2016 10:18 UTC