Hospital worker and wife latest to travel for Jihad
01 Feb 2015, 6:12 PM
Minivan News
Media reports say a former cleric of Malé’s Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital and his wife have become the latest Maldivians to travel to Syria for jihad.
Police have told media it is investigating reports that Zameer Farooq, from Gaafu Alifu Kanduhulhudhoo, and his wife have travelled to Turkey via Dubai in order to enter ISIS-held territory.
With Haveeru reporting a group of six having departed last week, as well as a dozen more said to have gone at the start of January, the exact numbers of Maldivians abroad for jihad is unclear.
Police Commissioner Hussein Waheed last month estimated that around 50 Maldivians were working with foreign rebel groups.
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