Main suspect in blast attack that injured ex-Maldives president arrested
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Male, May 9 (EFE).- Maldives police on Sunday arrested the main suspect believed to be behind a car bomb attack that wounded former president Mohamed Nasheed and released images allegedly showing him remotely activating the explosive device.
The arrest of the key suspect, Ad’ham Ahmed Rasheed, 25, came a day after another two suspects aged 21 and 32 years were detained, Maldives police said at a presser.
“At the moment, these are the three men we wanted to arrest. We will make more arrests when necessary,” Deputy Police Commissioner Mohamed Riyaz said.