Sri Lankan sniper, hired to ‘assassinate president,’ detained in Maldives
A Sri Lankan national has been arrested on a charge of attempting to assassinate Maldives President Abdulla Yameen, the police revealed today.
07 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
A Sri Lankan national has been arrested on a charge of attempting to assassinate the president of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen, the police revealed today.
The 27-year-old man was hired by Maldivians to kill Yameen using a firearm, the police said in a statement.
He was arrested on October 24, the same day former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was detained on suspicion of links to an explosion on Yameen’s speedboat. The government says the blast was targeted at killing the president.
“A Sri Lankan national, 27 years, is being held in police custody… he was arrested on October 24, 2015, on suspicion of attempting to kill the President of the Maldives using a weapon,” the police statement read.
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