Cops arrest two Iraqis from IS terror cell


Terror suspects: Counter Terrorism Division officers detaining the two Iraqi men at a shopping mall along Jalan Ampang.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have foiled an attempt by an Islamic State terror cell to attack the Saudi Arabia and Qatar embassies with the arrest of two Iraqi nationals.

Sources said the two men were detained by the Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division at a shopping mall in Jalan Ampang at about 7pm on Thursday.

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