Ahandhu acquitted on terrorism charges

6 months ago

Criminal Court has acquitted Ahmed Ismail (Buru Ahandhu), 39, Ma. Faagafilage, K. Male’, charged with terrorism in connection to the 2014 abduction and murder of a reporter and 2017 murder of a blogger.  Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla, 28, a journalist who worked for Minivan News (later renamed Maldives Independent), was last seen on August 8, 2014. He is believed to have been