Armed soldiers patrolling Malé’s streets
Soldiers carrying rifles are patrolling the streets of capital Malé amidst high political tension over an apparent assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen. But the MNDF said soldiers were deployed as part of a military exercise and had no connection to the boat blast.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Soldiers carrying rifles are patrolling the streets of capital Malé amidst heightened tension over an apparent assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen.
Major Adnan Mohamed of the Maldives National Defence Forces (MNDF) told The Maldives Independent that soldiers have been deployed in pairs to the streets of Malé as part of a military exercise scheduled to continue until October 15.
When asked if the exercise was related to an explosion on Yameen’s speedboat on September 28, he said: “The exercise is not in reaction to a particular situation. From time to time we carry out such exercises, there are routine training drills.”
He declined to comment on the number of soldiers involved in the exercise.
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