Police have foiled an attempt by a Daesh terror cell to attack the Saudi Arabia and Qatar embassies with the arrest of two Iraqi nationals, the Star reported on Sunday.
Sources said the two men were detained by the Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division at a shopping mall in Jalan Ampang at about 7pm on Thursday.
“They were planning to attack the embassies on March 31 at the behest of IS (Daesh). They threatened two officials from the embassies to meet their demands or suffer the consequences of an attack,” a source said.
Intelligence sources did not disclose what the demands were but said the threat of an attack on the embassies was still being investigated. It is learnt that the Counter Terrorism Division had monitored the two men since March 10.
It is believed that the first suspect, a 39-year-old man, entered Malaysia in early February while the second suspect, 42, had overstayed in the country.
This is the second time the Saudi embassy had received threats from Daesh. The first time was about two months ago.