Malaysia

Muslim-majority Malaysia has detained hundreds of people for suspected militant activities after a 2016 attack in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, that was linked to Islamic State.

Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 departed from Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, and was shot down over eastern Ukraine.

Shalom Avitan was arrested last March at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur and was later charged with unauthorized trafficking and possession of firearms.

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Nelson told reporters the United States was trying to prevent Malaysia from becoming a jurisdiction where the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas could both fundraise and then move money.

Avitan arrived in Malaysia from the United Arab Emirates on March 12 on a French passport, police said. He was detained by police at a Kuala Lumpur hotel with a bag containing the weapons.

Israeli media reported on Saturday that Avitan was an associate of an Israeli criminal syndicate who had been en route to assassinate a member of a rival crime family.