Sri Lankan ‘sniper’ was arrested on charge of bribery
A Sri Lankan national that the Maldives government claims had attempted to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen with a firearm was arrested not on a charge of attempted murder, but on a charge of “distributing money to groups and attempting to create unrest,” according to a reliable source.
09 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
A Sri Lankan national that the Maldives government claims had attempted to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen was arrested on a charge of “distributing money to groups and attempting to create unrest,” according to a reliable source.
The 27-year-old man, identified by Sri Lankan media as Lahiru Madhushanka, was detained on October 24; the same day then-Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was arrested from the airport on suspicion of links to an explosion on Yameen’s speedboat.
He was remanded for a second 15-day period yesterday,
The Maldives Independent’s source said the Sri Lankan man’s arrest documents made no mention of an assassination attempt, but instead alleged that he was distributing funds to Malé’s gangs to create unrest on the day of Adeeb’s return to the Maldives.
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