Police identify M'sian militant suicide bomber in Syria
Police have identified a Malaysian Islamic State jihadist who carried out a suicide attack on a Syrian government military base, a news report said yesterday.
Ahmad Affendi Abdul Manaff, 27, from the northern state of Kelantan, was killed last month after driving a bomb-laden truck into a military installation in Homs, police counter-terrorism chief AyobKhan Mydin Pitchay said.
“Based on intelligence gathered and communication with our counterparts there [Syria], it was confirmed that he died during the attack,” the New Straits Times quoted Ayob as saying.
Ayob said the suicide attack happened on November 8 or 9 and killed dozens of Syrian soldiers.
Ahmad Affendi was the second Malaysian jihadist suicide bomber.
On May 26, Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki drove a vehicle filled with explosives into a military headquarters in Anbar, Iraq, killing 25 military officers.
Interior Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said police had identified 39 Malaysians who have joined the Islamic militants in Syria.
