Counterterror Police Pick Up 7 Suspects Linked To Abu Sayyaf
September 21 2017
Police in Malaysia say they have arrested seven people suspected of working with the Abu Sayyaf terror group, reports Channel News Asia.
The men were picked up in a counterterror raid on Sept. 24, said police on Thursday.
The seven, all from the Philippines and between the ages of 22-38, worked as security guards for private companies in the capital Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding state of Selangor, said Mohamad Fuzi Harun, the inspector general of police. One was said to...
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