Maldives: Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2021

Maldives Police Service, on January 18, confirmed the release of a Maldivian terrorist suspect arrested on October 15, 2020, after his return from Syria, reports Edition.mv. According to Police, he was released under the Monitor Control (MoniCon) order on December 3, after a brief period at the National Reintegration Centre. The suspect was the first alleged insurgent detained at the reintegration centre, established under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Read less...

Maldives Police Service (MPS) on January 25 requested the Prosecutor General’s Office for charges against eight suspects arrested in a counter-terror operation in Th. Thimarafushi island of Thaa Atoll in late 2020, reports Sun.mv on January 26. The eight terror suspects were identified as Abdulla Shareef (34), Ahsan Mohamed (32), Ali Muneez, (28), Mohamed Asir, (34), Ali Arham Mohamed (18), Shamah Shareef (20), Ibrahim Looth (21), and Abdulla Imad (29) by the MPS on January 26. According to the Police, the suspects planned on detonating an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the laboratory of the Th. Atoll Education Center located in Thimarafushi, while students sat for their O’ Level exam at the direction of Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP). ISKP had reportedly appointed Abdulla Shareef (34) as a ‘amir’. Read less...