Malaysian news site details suspected JI member's 'chilling' messages before death in PHL

From GMA News (Dec 23): Malaysian news site details suspected JI member's 'chilling' messages before death in PHL

Months before he was gunned down by police in Davao City last weekend, a suspected member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network may have posted several chilling messages about welcoming death on an online forum. A report on Malaysia's The Star said Mohd Noor Fikrie Abd Kahar, 26, posted the messages a day before leaving for the Philippines last April. The Star cited a local Malay daily that said Fikrie used the alias "gooddjinn" on the online forum, posting 11 messages on April 26. But his messages centered on the religious only at the start of the year, the report said. It added Fikrie had been a member of the forum since 2006, and had posted 2,438 messages since.


"While most of his early postings centered around online businesses, gooddjinn began to increasingly focus on religion and martyrdom since the start of this year," the report said. In his last messages, he mentioned fighting Islam's enemies, the report added. “Death is a friend. It follows you even when you have forgotten about it. Get to know it before it comes to you," the report quoted him as saying. He also lamented the lack of opportunities to die in the fight against the enemies of Islam: “Pity the Malays who have no opportunity for martyrdom.” “It is for the martyred Muslim the final resting place, where his weariness in his fight in the way of Allah will be eased,” read one of the postings. He would also ended most of his posts with the message that he will "support the efforts and the movement of the Global Jihad to fight the terrorist unbelievers and their infidel allies, no matter the price nor sacrifice, until victory or martyrdom!” Another post titled “The Crusades are back” had three YouTube clips featuring Osama bin Laden and the US war in Afghanistan.

Fikrie left Malaysia via Sandakan the next day, staying in southern Zamboanga City and moving to Cotabato City, then to Davao. The Star report said the messages were disturbing enough for some of Fikrie's friends to write back and ask if he was feeling well. “Why are you suddenly thinking of dying... this is scary,” the report quoted one of his online friends as saying.

Foiled bomb attack

A report on Asiaone news site said Fikrie was supposedly a close associate of top JI leader Marwan. Fikrie was gunned down in Davao City police operatives last Friday, Decmber 21. The report alos quoted Davao City police chief Senior Supt Ronald de la Rosa as saying Marwan, 46, was believed to be planning a bomb attack in an area there, but it was foiled when police shot Fikrie, arrested his wife and defused the bomb he was carrying in his backpack.

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