Firearms found in ‘bomb plot raid’ belong to the Maldives army
A rifle and a submachine gun discovered under water in a raid over an alleged assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen are firearms that had gone missing from the state armory, the security forces have revealed.
31 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
A rifle and a submachine gun discovered in a cache of weapons during a raid over an alleged assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen are firearms that had gone missing from the state armory, the security forces have revealed.
“Among the weapons discovered today, the AK T56 rifle and the MP5 submachine gun, these two firearms, belong to the state armory,” said Captain Ali Ihusaan, a member of the commission investigating the alleged bomb plot.
Yameen escaped unhurt from the September 28 explosion on his boat, Finifenmaa, but his wife was injured. His deputy Ahmed Adeeb was arrested on suspicion of links to the blast.
The arms cache – which also included hand grenades, bullets, improvised explosive devices – was found 42 meters under water on Friday on the reef of an island called Hibalhidhoo in central Baa Atoll.
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