Two Maldivians in custody in Sri Lanka
Four students arrested from Negombo are due to be released.
28 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM
Six Maldivian men were detained in Sri Lanka last week during security operations launched in the wake of the deadly Easter Sunday bombings.
They included four Maldivian students in Negombo, a city north of the capital where a suicide bomber killed more than 100 people at a Roman Catholic church, a foreign ministry official told the Maldives Independent.
The other two men have been remanded to police custody until May 10.
The Maldives Independent understands the four students will be released without charges within the week. They were arrested over illegal ownership of an air rifle.
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