Detention extended for ‘bomb plot’ suspects
Local media reported last month that the police had averted a bomb attack in the capital by arresting four people during midnight in Malé on April 24.
25 May 2017, 9:00 AM
The criminal court has extended the remand detention of two suspects arrested in late April on suspicion of planning bomb attacks, reports online paper VFP.
The police spokesman declined to disclose any information about the case, but according to VFP the suspects were remanded to police custody for 10 and seven days.
Citing unnamed sources, local media reported last month that the police had averted a bomb attack in the capital by arresting four people during midnight raids in Malé on April 24.
“Well done and Thanks to Police Services for stopping the bomb attack in the capital,” Fisheries Minister Dr Mohamed Shainee tweeted at the time.
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