Ex-president’s spokesman casts doubt on assassination attempt
Muaz insinuated that a video showing fire on the president’s speedboat was doctored.
27 Dec 2018, 9:00 AM
Ibrahim Muaz Ali, the former spokesman at the president’s office, has cast doubt on an alleged attempt to assassinate his former boss with a bomb on the presidential speedboat, alleging a video showing fire was doctored.
The Finifenmaa speedboat blast in September 2015 injured former first lady Fathimath Ibrahim, a presidential aide and a bodyguard, but former president Abdulla Yameen escaped unhurt.
His deputy, former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, was convicted in June 2016 of orchestrating the bomb plot along with two military bodyguards. Adeeb, who was serving 33 years in prison on multiple counts of corruption and terrorism, was released to house arrest in November.
At an impromptu press conference Wednesday night, Muaz denied seeing “any trace” of fire on the speedboat and insinuated that the video was edited to show flames.
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