Thakandhu Island office hijacked over jackfruit tree
28 Apr 2010, 5:55 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A group of people hijacked the Haa Alifu Atoll Thakandhu island office on Monday after were unable to cut down a jackfruit tree on the land where they planned to build a pre-school.
Island Chief of Thakandhu said that he could not give information as ”the person who gives information is not here.”
However a person familiar with the matter told Minivan News that the hijackers was a group who were trying to establish a pre-school on the island.
He said the group was angry because “they were asking for a court warrant to cut the tree, but the tree belongs to a man on Thakandhu.”
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