State unable to identify target location of alleged planned suicide attack
Ishag Ali and Hussein Afeef, believed to be linked with the Islamic State group operating out of Syria and Iraq, were charged in November for planning and attempting to take part in a suicide attack.
18 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
The state has been unable to identify the target location of an alleged planned suicide attack in the country, the criminal court heard Tuesday, as two Maldivians went on trial for terrorism.
Ishag Ali and Hussein Afeef, believed to be linked with the Islamic State group operating out of Syria and Iraq, were charged in November for planning and attempting to take part in a suicide attack.
According to the prosecutor general’s spokesman Ahmed Thaufeeq, Ishag was charged for planning the attack and Afeef was charged for attempting to carry it out. The pair were arrested in September.
Afeef’s part of the hearing was cancelled as his attorney did not show up to court. Ishag appeared in the dark green prison uniform, sitting alongside his defence attorney Mohamed Misbah with his hands cuffed.
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