KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants detained in an anti-terror swoop on the eve of National Day were planning attacks on the celebration at Dataran Merdeka and the SEA Games closing ceremony on Aug 30.
Security sources said the eight militants, who were among 19 arrested in the swoop, had been casing the two locations for quite some time and their attacks could have been big.
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