Hunt declared for eight suspects in boat blast probe
Mohamed Allam Latheef ‘Moho,’ a close associate of the vice president and the singer of a popular local band, is wanted by the police on suspicion of links to an alleged attempt to assassinate the president. The police said that Latheef has links to a weapons cache discovered on an island leased for resort development.
01 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Additional reporting by Hassan Mohamed
The Maldives police have declared a hunt for eight associates of detained Vice President Ahmed Adeeb on suspicion of links to an alleged assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen.
Home Minister Umar Naseer announced today that the eight are wanted in connection to the September 28 explosion on the “Finifenma” speedboat, and called on the families of the suspects “to ask them to come back to Maldives immediately and help our investigation.”
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