Maldives’ vice-president has been arrested over the explosion that rocked a boat carrying the country’s President Abdulla Yameen on his return from the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed Adeeb has been detained and charged with high treason following the explosion that hit a boat ferrying Mr. Yameen and his entourage from the airport docked in the capital, Male.
The president was not injured but the first lady, Fathimath, and two others , a security official and a protocol staff were hurt by the “relatively large blast”.
In recent years, the Maldives has been rocked by political crisis following the election of Mr. Yameen.
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