Police chief pledges full support for arrests, raids in boat blast probe
Urging all commissioned officers to support an inquiry into an explosion on President Yameen’s boat, police commissioner Hussein Waheed said he wants to assure the public that police “will not hesitate” to make the necessary arrests and raids.
15 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
In a meeting with the commissioned officers of the Maldives Police Service today, Commissioner of Police Hussein Waheed has pledged full support for an inquiry into an explosion on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat and pledged to bring perpetrators to justice.
According to a police press release today, Waheed urged officers to back the probe, and said the inquiry into the apparent assassination attempt is of top priority. The police “will not hesitate” to make the necessary arrests or raids, he declared, the statement read.
Yameen escaped unhurt from the September 28 explosion on the presidential speedboat, but First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim remains hospitalized for minor bone fractures to her spine.
The president has set up a six-member inquiry commission of high-ranking military and police officers to investigate the blast. A multi-national team of forensic experts were brought in soon after the blast.
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