Armed Forces Monitors Closely Spate Of Terrorist Attacks Abroad - Chief

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) is closely monitoring threats and methods used in carrying out terrorist attacks in Jordan, Turkey and Germany. Its chief, Gen Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor said the Armed Forces was always ready and had its own method in dealing with terrorist attacks and would not take any threat lightly. "What has happened in Jordan, Turkey and Germany, we do not take them lightly, and we constantly monitor and are on high alert assessing the current situation abroad. "This preparation can help reduce the probability of terrorist attacks and we still use the same method to deal with terrorist cases, and all levels have taken appropriate action," he told reporters at a press conference after officiating the Armed Forces Defence College 36/16 Diploma presentation ceremony here Tuesday. He said standby alerts (to face the terrorist threat) had been issued to prevent such attacks from happening here. On Sunday, two Malaysian tourists sustained minor injuries following a shootout between security forces and a group of armed men at Karak Castle in Karak, Jordan. The attack left a Canadian woman, three civilians and five policemen dead. On Monday, Russia's Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov was shot dead in Ankara, Turkey by a police officer when speaking at the opening of an art exhibition in the city. A few hours later in Germany, 12 people were killed when a truck ploughed into a busy Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz Square, Kurfuerstendamm Avenue West Berlin. -- BERNAMA