Malaysian Police Arrest 15 People With Suspected Links to ISIS

Malaysia has arrested 15 people, mostly foreigners from neighboring Indonesia, on suspicion of having links with the ISIS terrorist group.

Malaysian police in a file photo taken in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in Kuly 2014. Photo by Rahman Roslan/Getty Images

KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia has arrested 15 people, mostly foreigners from neighboring Indonesia, on suspicion of having links with the ISIS terrorist group, police said on Sept. 26.

Malaysia has been on high alert since Jan. 2016, when men linked to ISIS carried out a series of attacks in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.