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According to officials in Malaysia, two police officers were killed, and another was injured following a violent attack by a suspected member of the hardline Jemaah Islamiyah group.

The incident occurred early Friday morning in Ulu Tiram, Johor, when a couple approached the police station to report a two-year-old incident. While the officers were attending to the couple, a man arrived at the station on a motorcycle, wielding a machete. The suspect attacked an officer and then used the officer’s gun to shoot another officer dead.

Inspector General of Police Razarudin Husain confirmed that the assailant was shot by a third officer, who was also injured during the altercation. Authorities believe the suspect intended to seize weapons for an unknown agenda. A subsequent raid on the suspect’s nearby home led to the discovery of various Jemaah Islamiyah-related items and the arrest of five family members, including the suspect’s father, identified as a known JI member. The couple who had come to file the report was also detained.

Further arrests were made of other JI members in the state of Johor, which is near Singapore. Jemaah Islamiyah, linked to al-Qaeda, is infamous for attempting to establish an Islamic state across Southeast Asia and orchestrating several deadly bombings, including the 2002 Bali attack.

Some of JI’s prominent leaders were Malaysian, notably Noordin Muhammad Top, who was involved in multiple attacks in Indonesia and had established a religious school in Ulu Tiram. The group is outlawed in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.