Fourth Maldivian man ‘on his way to join Syrian civil war’ arrested
A Maldivian man who attempted to cross into Syria to join the civil war there has been arrested and brought back to the Maldives, the police have said.
08 Feb 2017, 9:00 AM
A Maldivian man who attempted to cross into Syria to join the civil war there has been arrested and brought back to the Maldives, the police have said.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the police said the man was “on his way to join Syrian civil war.”
The police declined to disclose the man’s identity, date of arrest and date of extradition.
“In order to reduce the number of such cases, we are expanding cooperation with international actors and are working on increasing the police’s capacity,” the police said in a tweet.
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