The authorities are looking into all angles in the bombing of a nightclub in Kuala Lumpur early this morning, including possible elements of terrorism, Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said today.

"We are looking at all angles... including triads, business competition and extremism, as to whether there are links to groups like the IS (Islamic State), which do not like such things (nightclubs)," Wan Junaidi told journalists at the Parliament lobby this afternoon.

He added that police will not discount any possibility for the motive of the attack.

During the sitting in the House earlier, Wan Junaidi said the incident occurred outside the Cherry Blossom nightclub at Sun Complex, Bukit Bintang, at 4.25am today and 10 people were injured.

However, he told Parliament not to jump to conclusions that the attack was perpetrated by foreigners, after Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (BN-Lengong) demanded to know if that was the case.

Police confirmed this afternoon that one of the victims who was seriously injured had died.

Speaking to journalists, Wan Junaidi also dismissed claims that the area of the bombing was a "black area" dominated by triads.

Earlier, Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun had described the place of the incident as a "black area".

"The authorities must investigate swiftly as it not only affects the safely of Malaysians but will also hurt tourism," Fong said.

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