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Kuala Lumpur Brace for Terror Attacks

KUALA LUMPUR, The police are preparing for potential attacks from the Islamic State (IS) within six months after the terror group’s latest propaganda video featuring a Malaysian, together with Indonesian and Filipino militants, beheading three captives.

Bukit Aman’s Special Branch counter-terrorism division chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay told local daily the New Straits Times (NST) that the Malaysian IS combatant in Syria has been identified as a Mohd Rafi Udin from Negri Sembilan.

“We are preparing for potential attacks within six months by two sources, Khatibah Nusantara in the Philippines and central IS,” Ayob was quoted saying, referring to the Southeast Asian branch of the Syria-based IS.

He reportedly said the terror group has begun shifting its attention to the Southeast Asian region, partly to prove that it was still capable of launching attacks despite the onslaught by the Western military and those loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

The propaganda video released Tuesday reportedly showed Rafi calling on IS supporters to “kill off” non-believers and to look up to their purported regional leader, an Abdallah al-Filipini from the Philippines that has been appointed to be the IS leader for Asia.

“Kill them wherever you meet them...if you have a car, hit them...use your weapons and knives to stab them in the chest,” Rafi was quoted saying.

Rafi also reportedly told Bukit Aman that the Malaysian militants who had left for Syria would return to attack the federal police headquarters.

“Those of you in Bukit Aman, you will no longer have peace. We will slaughter you...when we return. Our friends back home will hunt you down,” he was quoted saying.

Singapore daily The Straits Times, however, reported the Philippine military yesterday as saying that people “should not be bothered” by the latest IS propaganda video.

Riza Katz, director of Site Intelligence Group tracking IS activities, reportedly said the video was aired in Arabic, English, Filipino, Indonesian and Malay, suggesting that it was aimed at radicalising Muslims in the region.

Ayob told NST that the police have seen at least two lone-wolf attacks in Sungai Petani, Kedah, and in Kuala Lumpur, with the attackers armed with knives.

One of them, a 16-year-old student in Sungai Petani, allegedly tried to kill a non-Muslim sales assistant with a knife, while another suspect with two Rambo knives was arrested at an LRT station in Jalan Jelatek.

Ayob reportedly said it was common for IS militants to use traditional weapons now instead of guns or bombs as it made it easier to go undetected.

He added that his division had already stopped nine planned attacks by IS supporters.


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Malaysian IS combatant in Syria has been identified as a Mohd Rafi Udin from Negeri Sembilan calling on IS supporters to “kill off” non-believers and to look up to their purported regional leader, Abdallah al-Filipini from the Philippines. Bukit Aman's Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay has reportedly said the Islamic State terror group has begun shifting its attention to the Southeast Asian region.

[Steve]

I assume the the beheading video is the one I just watched in the vid section.

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The three men, planning terror attacks in HD screenshot.

[Jerdipski]

My littlest Sister & her Husband are in the Phillipines for at least the next 12 months :(