Malaysian police arrested three locals on suspicion of helping Shalom Avitan, the Israeli who was arrested in the country before he could carry out an assassination. They are suspected of having provided him with the amlach and driving him.

The Malaysian police suspect that the way he traveled with him to enter the country forbidden to Israelis is fake. Avitan was arrested with 6 guns in his possession - two Glock pistols, a Smith & Wesson pistol and a Sig Sauer pistol, and 200 bullets.