Bomb threat: SWAT members examining the explosive device in Davao city.
DAVAO: A 26-year-old Malaysian, suspected to be a member of the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), was shot dead in southern Philippines after he threatened to set off a backpack bomb in a stand-off with local police.
The suspect, Mohd Noor Fikrie Abd Kahar from Kedah, was killed in Davao city on Friday night after he threatened to blow up an explosive device in a rucksack.
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