KUALA LUMPUR: A 16-year-old schoolboy launched the first “lone cub” attack by the Islamic State (IS) on Malaysian soil when he brazenly tried to kidnap a sales assistant at a shopping complex in Sungai Petani, Kedah.
Wearing a headcover bearing the IS logo as a mask, the teen, armed with a 27cm knife and fake pistol, targeted the 27-year-old woman after casing the complex in Pekan Baru for two days.
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