Terror threat up after Sri Lanka bombings
‘The Defence Force will do whatever it takes to protect our country,’ vows Vice Chief Abduh Raheem.
30 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
Hassan Mohamed
The terrorism threat to the Maldives has increased after the Easter Sunday bombings in neighbouring Sri Lanka, the Maldives National Defence Force has said.
Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Vice Chief of the National Defence Force Abduh Raheem Abduh Latheef refused to rule out the possibility of a terrorist attack in the Maldives.
“[The] threat to the Maldives has increased since the Sri Lankan attacks. No country, at this time, can completely rule out the possibility of a terrorist attack, including the Maldives. The Defence Force will do whatever it takes to protect our country,” he said.
Abduh Raheem said the Defence Force is strengthening its threat assessment mechanism to better tackle terrorism threats.
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