Malaysian man held before suicide attack bid in Kuala Lumpur

A Malaysian man has been detained just hours before planning to blow himself up at an entertainment venue in Kuala Lumpur.

The 28-year-old insurance salesman from north-east Terengganu state was arrested at a monorail station. National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said he confessed to planning to blow himself up in an attack after receiving orders from members of Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

The arrest came after officials had raised the alert level in the city, following bombings in neighbouring Indonesia.