Posters issuing ‘last warning’ and demanding to release of suspects, who were arrested from Addu City during a joint counter-terrorism conducted by the Police and Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) at Addu City, Male City and K. Guraidhoo on November 7, 2022, were put up in different areas of Addu City on January 8, reports The Sun. The Police earlier stated that the suspects were plotting to carry out a mass casualty terror attack in the Maldives using explosives in collaboration with the Islamic State (IS).