President warns Maldivians to be wary of ‘traitorous plotters’
In his address to the nation on the occasion of Victory Day – celebrated annually on November 3 to commemorate a failed coup attempt in 1988 – Yameen assured the public of efforts to ensure security after a weapons cache, including firearms and explosives, was discovered submerged in the lagoon of an uninhabited island leased for resort development.
03 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
The September 28 “bomb attack”on the presidential speedboat was motivated by “greed for power,” President Abdulla Yameen said today in an address to the nation on the occasion of ‘Victory Day.’
In a written statement to commemorate a failed coup in 1988, Yameen appealed to the public to put national interest first and to be “wary of plots” to topple the government.
His deputy, Ahmed Adeeb, is being held on suspicion of links to the explosion on the speedboat. Yameen escaped unhurt. Despite contradictory findings by foreign experts, the government insists the blast was caused by a bomb targeting the president.
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