Recent hand grenade attack in Selangor linked to IS: M'sian police

Kuala Lumpur

MALAYSIAN police said on Monday that a recent hand grenade attack on a restaurant was linked to the Islamic State group, after initially saying that the incident was not terror-related.

"There were elements of IS involvement in the attack," national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said.

Eight people were injured when a hand grenade was thrown at a restaurant in Malaysia's central Selangor state on June 28, in an assault police initially described as related to a business rivalry or as a revenge att…