Navy man among terror suspects held


Anti-terror swoop Counter-terrorism officers preparing to storm the house in Sandakan where the suspects were hiding yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: A Royal Malaysian Navy officer is among three men arrested in Sabah for being part of a militant group planning to undertake suicide bombings and attack missions in Syria and Iraq.

They are linked to rebel groups called the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) in the Middle East and the notorious Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippines.

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