MALE, Jul 31 (NNN-PSM) – The Maldives Police Service (MPS), forwarded charges against one of the suspected perpetrators in the May 6 terrorist attack, targeting Speaker of Parliament and former president, Mohamed Nasheed, to the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO), state media reported here yesterday.
It was reported that, the MPS forwarded charges against Ali Haisham, one of the suspects arrested, in connection with triggering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that critically injured Nasheed, in May.
Haisham is suspected to have played a role in planting the IED on a motorcycle, parked near Nasheed’s personal vehicle, in the capital Male.
Prosecutor General (PG), Hussain Shameem, confirmed that the PGO has received charges from the MPS, and said that a decision on pressing charges in court will be made once forensic reports are received.
The MPS arrested a total of 10 suspects in connection with the attack, and has previously forwarded charges against four other suspects.
Nasheed received multiple life-saving surgeries at the ADK Hospital in Male, after the attack, and was later transferred to Germany for recovery.– NNN-PSM
