MOSCOW (Sputnik) – He said that four out of seven suspects detained between February 21 and February 26 were from Yemen, one from Indonesia and two more from Malaysia.
“They were planning to attack the Arab royalties during their visit in Kuala Lumpur. Thank God we got them in the nick of time. They didn’t manage to get close,” Abu Bakar told reporters, as quoted by the Malay Mail Online media outlet.
Salman ended his four-day state visit to Malaysia on Wednesday. It was the first country visited by the Saudi King as part of his month-long Asia tour.
The news comes after North Korean leader's half-brother Kim Jong Nam was killed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The highly toxic gas was smeared on his face as he was about to board a flight to Macau. Kim is believed to be killed by a VX nerve agent classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction.
