Multiple bomb scares in Maldives capital
Hundreds were evacuated this morning from Malé’s southwest harbor in the third bomb scare of the day. Security forces said a third suspicious object had been found under a fuel drum, but it turned out to be “fake.”
05 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Hundreds were evacuated this morning from Malé’s southwest harbor in the third bomb scare in 24 hours. Security forces said a suspicious object had been found under a fuel drum, but it turned out to be “fake.”
The first bomb scare happened at midday on Wednesday, shortly after President Abdulla Yameen declared an unprecedented state of emergency in the Maldives. The object, a bundle of wires wrapped around parts of a computer, was left inside the bonnet of a car near the power plant.
The second object, also wires wrapped around a mobile phone, was reported at Malé’s port area in the early hours of the morning.
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