Police say nightclub explosion first attack by Islamic State in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police on Monday blamed Islamic State for the grenade blast at a nightspot in a suburb near here last week, confirming that it was the first

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police on Monday blamed Islamic State for the grenade blast at a nightspot in a suburb near here last week, confirming that it was the first ever successful attack by the dreaded terror group in the Muslim-majority country. Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar said the attack on the Movida nightclub in Puchong, a town outside Kuala Lumpur, in which eight people were injured was carried out by locals who were directly instructed by IS member Muhamad Wanndy Mohamad Jedi from Syria. “Since the attack on June 28 to July 1, we have arrested 15 people, including the two men who threw the hand grenade,” he said.

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