Gun-wielding men threaten to kill president in YouTube video
The three men with their faces covered with balaclavas warned of “life-threatening” attacks against the president and vice president as well as terrorist attacks against resorts if the government does not cease “harassing” Ibrahim ‘Sandhaanu’ Moosa Luthfee in Switzerland, release Adhaalath Party president Sheikh Imran Abdulla, and withdraw new anti-terrorism legislation.
31 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
A video message has been posted on YouTube showing three men with guns threatening to kill President Abdulla Yameen and Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and launch terrorist attacks against the Maldives’ tourism industry.
The video was posted this afternoon by a user called ‘Slavery slave’ with the militant organisation Islamic State’s (IS) logo in the corner.
The three men with their faces covered with balaclavas warned of “life-threatening” attacks against the president and vice president as well as terrorist attacks against resorts if the government does not stop “harassing” Ibrahim ‘Sandhaanu’ Moosa Luthfy in Switzerland, release Adhaalath Party president Sheikh Imran Abdulla, and withdraw new anti-terrorism legislation.
“We will demolish the resorts of the economy that you depend on and start attacks and bombings to sink those resorts,” one of the men is heard saying in Dhivehi.
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