Police are holding 11 people on suspicion of terrorist affiliations . The suspect was shot by police after he opened fire at officers who were responding to the scene in a shopping center parking lot near the mall entrance. Some of the arrests were made in a state bordering Thailand . The arrests were made in the city of Selangor , just outside the capital Kuala Lumpur , and in the state of Kedah , which borders on Thailand . Southern Thailand is plagued by separatist violence from ethnic Malay Muslim militants .
Police are holding 11 people on suspicion of terrorist affiliations . The suspect was shot by police after he opened fire at officers who were responding to the scene in a shopping center parking lot near the mall entrance. Some of the arrests were made in a state bordering Thailand . Southern Thailand is plagued by separatist violence from ethnic Malay Muslim militants .