Government blasts Nasheed over terror threat claims
Mohamed Nasheed said there was a parallel state of religious radicals ready to overrun the country and there were 300 Maldivians fighting in Syria and Iraq.
23 Jan 2018, 9:00 AM
The government has slammed former president Mohamed Nasheed for his remarks over terrorism and the Maldives, local media reports.
In a statement Tuesday the government denied there was an immediate terror threat and accused him of exaggerating for personal and political benefit.
Nasheed on Monday told a news conference there was a parallel state of religious radicals ready to overrun the country and that there were 300 Maldivians fighting in Syria and Iraq.
“If they are flushed out of these countries they are bound to return,” he said. “Once they establish themselves in the Maldives it’s difficult to see how they can be contained.”
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