Home Minister claims Adeeb planned to set off bomb on May Day
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb had planned to set off a bomb during a historic anti-government protest on May Day last year, Home Minister Umar Naseer has alleged.
25 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb had planned to set off a bomb during a historic anti-government protest on May Day last year, Home Minister Umar Naseer has alleged.
Speaking to the press today, Naseer said that an inquiry into a blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat had revealed that “an explosive device was prepared for the May Day rally,” and that “the case involved the former vice president.”
Adeeb remains the main suspect in the blast on Yameen’s speedboat in September, Naseer said. The alleged assassination plot has plunged the country into fresh crisis, with a purge of the security forces and discovery of massive embezzlement from state coffers.
Naseer said it is not clear if the May Day bomb was intended to injure, kill or threaten people. His comments follow similar allegations by Maldivian Democratic Party’s Chaisperson Ali Waheed.
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