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| Southeast Asia |
| New al-Qaeda-inspired terror group emerges in Malaysia |
| 2014-05-10 |
| A new terrorist group has emerged from under the wing of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM), planning to commit acts of terror in Malaysia. Local authorities have recently arrested 11 people on suspicion of involvement with the unnamed, al-Qaeda-inspired group. Regarding the arrests, Home Minister Zahid Hamidi said some organizations were using humanitarian missions to train militants in other countries. He said, "We encourage humanitarian missions to other countries, but we will not allow such missions to be used to train members for militant activities." Reports say the group sent members posing as humanitarian workers to Syria for training. Though authorities have the 11 suspects in custody, officials at federal police headquarters said police "were nowhere near neutralizing the threat posed by this new terror group". The group was started in late 2013 and has aggressively recruited new members through Facebook, and infiltrating universities and religious classes. In addition, the new group has dispatched some operatives to Syria, according to reports. |
| Posted by:ryuge |