Defence minister sacked

President Abdulla Yameen has sacked his defence minister Moosa Ali Jaleel in what appears to be a shakeup of the security forces.

Jaleel, a former chief of the defence forces, was appointed as defence minister in January, on the same day his predecessor was sacked after the discovery of weapons at his home.

Jaleel’s removal, announced on Twitter at midnight by the president’s spokesman, comes in the wake of an explosion on the president’s speedboat, which the government says was a deliberate attack on Yameen’s life.