Man gets arrested after he dresses up as 'suicide bomber' for Halloween

One man's ill-advised Halloween outfit idea has landed him in trouble with the authorities in Malaysia.

Police said they arrested the unnamed man on Tuesday, after a startled resident ran into the man in an apartment building's elevator, while the latter was dressed as a "suicide bomber."

His outfit, which he claimed was for a Halloween party, included a chequered head dress, a fake beard, and a mock "bomb" made of cardboard, wires and empty water bottles.

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The resident lodged a police report after, and the authorities are investigating him for criminal intimidation.

His outfit may have been intended as a joke, but the public in the Muslim-majority country are not likely to find it as amusing. The police chief in Petaling Jaya told local papers that the man's attire raises a sensitive issue, following recent incidents in the country linked to the Islamic State.

Last year, an ISIS-linked attack occurred at a bar in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, injuring eight. It was the first successful ISIS attack in the country, after authorities managed to intervene in multiple attempts leading up to it.