Bukit Aman says the 10 detained members of Al-Qaeda and IS were aspiring to set up a cell in Malaysia.
The police have successfully crippled a large-scale plot hatched by the Al-Qaeda and Islamic State terrorists to stage an attack on an international target last year.
He said those detained were members of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State who were aspiring to set up a cell in Malaysia. "Police also seized six Improvised Explosive Devices , a firearm and 15 ammunitions which the terrorists wanted to use to attack house of worships following the death of a fireman," he said at a special media conference on the achievement of the police in 2019 and plans for 2020 in Bukit Aman today.
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