Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian authorities have identified two Malaysians in a video by the Islamic State of a beheading that is believed to have taken place in Syria.
Mohd Faris Anuar and Muhamad Wanndy Muhammad Jedi, aged 20 and 25 respectively, were identified as the men involved in the beheading of a Syrian man in a video posted to Facebook on 22 February, said Ayub Khan Mydin, the police counter-terrorism division's deputy chief.
Wanndy travelled with his wife Nor Mahmudah Ahmad to Syria on 26 January, while Faris went last September, said Ayub Khan.