Tear gas fired to disperse defiant protesters – as it happened
Police have fired tear gas and used pepper spray against opposition protesters as they took to the streets for a second time today, defying a government order to confine protests to the Artificial Beach grounds in Malé.
28 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM
Police have fired tear gas and used pepper spray against hundreds of opposition protesters as they took to the streets today for a second time, defying a government order to confine protests to the Artificial Beach grounds in Malé.
Live blog ended at 1:00am
12:43pm: In a tweet just now, police said they have dispersed the protest with minimum force.
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