Malaysia’s top cop wants the Malaysian Islamic State combatant who issued a ‘warning’ to police, to ‘come back here and do it’, instead of making threats from afar.
The Malay Mail Online quoted the Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar as saying that Malaysian police are not intimidated by threats made by the Malaysian in a chilling video released Tuesday.
The graphic video — which also featured two other fighters reportedly from the Philippines and Indonesia — showed the three men beheading three captives, whom they believed to be spies.
“Do not try to threaten us. Even though we do not take this lightly, but I think we are too old to take these kind of threats,” Khalid was quoted as saying.
“If you dare to make threats from afar, come back here and do it,” the IGP reportedly told the press after a function.
MMO reported that Khalid has ordered that security be tightened nationwide, including in public areas so as to reassure the public of their safety, following the release of the video.
“I ask all security forces to heighten security level especially in public areas as now the threat video is always in the people’s mind,” Khaild was quoted further.
On Tuesday, Malaysian police reportedly said they were preparing themselves to face potential ‘lone-wolf attacks’ by Islamic State supporters in the country.
This followed the release of the video, in which a man, identified as Mohd Rafi Udin from Negeri Sembilan, called on IS supporters to “kill off” non-believers.
“Kill them wherever you meet them… If you have a car, hit them… Use your weapons and knives to stab them in the chest,” he said.
He also issued this warning to federal police: ““Those of you in Bukit Aman, you will no longer have peace. “We will slaughter you… when we return. Our friends back home will hunt you down.”
