Cops identify second Malaysian suicide bomber killed in Syria


KUALA LUMPUR: Police have released the identity of a second Malaysian suicide bomber who was killed in Syria, linked to Islamic State (IS) militants.

The militant, identified as Ahmad Affendi Abdull Manaff, 27, is believed to have driven a bomb-laden truck into a military installation in Homs, Syria, killing about 50 of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's soldiers.

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