ASEAN Summit bombing averted: Malaysia police

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated April 27 2015 - 1:13pm, first published 12:12pm
Police walk at the 26th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Photo: Olivia Harris
Police walk at the 26th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Olivia Harris
Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, right,  chats with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh as they arrive for the 26th ASEAN Summit. Photo: Joshua Paul
Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario, right, chats with Vietnam's Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh as they arrive for the 26th ASEAN Summit. Photo: Joshua Paul

Bangkok: Malaysian authorities say they have foiled a plot by Islamic extremists to detonate a series of bombs across the capital Kuala Lumpur, ahead of a summit of South-East Asian leaders.