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/ 19 November 2007
A propaganda video shot inside a radical Maldives mosque and posted on the Internet has raised fears that al-Qaeda is gaining a foothold in the Indian Ocean tourist paradise. The video was recorded at the Dhar-al-Khuir mosque on the remote Himandhoo island in the hours before it was raided on October 6.
Police investigating this weekend’s nail-bomb attack in the Maldives, which injured a dozen foreign tourists, have now arrested 10 people, officials said on Monday. ”Some of them were trying to flee the country and were apprehended at the airport,” said Mohamed Shareef, a Maldives government spokesman.
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/ 29 September 2007
A homemade bomb exploded near a mosque in the Maldives’ capital, Male, on Saturday, wounding 12 foreign tourists, the islands’ government said. The blast occurred at the entrance to the capital’s Sultan Park, a popular stop-off for tour groups.