Maldives jihadi suspect with terror track record freed from custody
The defendant is on trial for leaving the Maldives to join the Syrian war.
24 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
A Maldivian jihadi suspect with a record of terror-related activities was released from custody on Monday, the third time he has been freed from detention.
Ali Shafeeq, from R. Kandholhudhoo, is on trial for leaving the Maldives to join the Syrian civil war.
He was previously arrested in relation to the 2007 Sultan Park bombing and then again in 2009, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border where he was arrested by Pakistani authorities.
A state prosecutor told the court Monday that Shafeeq travelled from the Maldives to Dubai on October 18 2016, went to Turkey two days later and attempted to get into Syria to join the war.
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