Crime

Three men arrested on Turkey-Syria border charged with terrorism

Prosecutors are seeking terror charges against three Maldivian men who were arrested on the Turkey-Syria border in February. The three are the first to face prosecution for traveling abroad with the intent of joining a terror group under a new anti-terror law.

22 May 2016, 9:00 AM
Prosecutors are seeking terror charges against three Maldivian men who were arrested on the Turkey-Syria border in February.
The three are the first to face prosecution for traveling abroad with the intent of joining a terror group under a new anti-terror law.
Ahmed Latheef, Ahmed Suhail Moosa and Munawwar Abdulla could be handed a jail term of between 10 and 20 years.
The opposition claims as many as 200 Maldivians have left the country to fight in the Middle East, which they claim makes the country the highest per capita supplier of jihadis in the world, but the government disputes the figure, with ministers offering estimates ranging from 35 to 100.

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