Fugitive Luthufee brought back to Maldives
The leader of an armed coup attempt to serve the rest of his life sentence.
10 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM
Fugitive coup conspirator Abdulla Luthufee has been brought back to the country to serve the reminder of his life sentence.
Luthufee, 69, who was serving a commuted death sentence for leading an armed coup attempt in 1988, escaped while on a medical visit to India in 2010.
The armed coup attempt of 1988 saw 19 Maldivians murdered, as mercenaries from a terrorist organisation in Sri Lanka attempted to take over the government.
Luthufee was captured after he surrendered himself at the Maldivian embassy on May 1. Since then, police said they were working with the Sri Lankan authorities to extradite him to the Maldives.
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