Just one of 18 suspects charged over Rajje TV fire
Just one of 18 individuals arrested in the torching of opposition-aligned Raajje TV has been charged, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office. Evidence gathered was too weak to charge the rest of the suspects.
13 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Just one of 18 individuals arrested in the torching of opposition-aligned Raajje TV has been charged, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
A media official told The Maldives Independent that the evidence gathered was too weak to charge the rest of the suspects.
CCTV footage of the attack on October 7 2013, shows six masked men armed with machetes and iron rods breaking through a reinforced steel grill and a second wooden door before dousing the station’s control room and lobby with petrol.
The ensuing fire destroyed the station’s offices, control room, computer system, and broadcasting and transmission equipment. The torching of the station occurred in the middle of presidential polls.
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