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| Maldives Vice-President Adeeb arrested over 'bomb plot' | Maldives Vice-President Adeeb arrested over 'bomb plot' |
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| The vice-president of the Maldives has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate the president, the home minister says. | The vice-president of the Maldives has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate the president, the home minister says. |
| Ahmed Adeeb was in detention and being charged with high treason, Umar Naseer said on Twitter. | Ahmed Adeeb was in detention and being charged with high treason, Umar Naseer said on Twitter. |
| President Abdulla Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck the boat he was using to return home from the airport late last month. | President Abdulla Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck the boat he was using to return home from the airport late last month. |
| In recent years, the Maldives has been rocked by political infighting. | In recent years, the Maldives has been rocked by political infighting. |
| Mr Yameen's election has been the subject of drawn-out wrangling. | Mr Yameen's election has been the subject of drawn-out wrangling. |
| Security has been tightened in the capital Male amid fears of "turmoil" triggered by the arrest, says the Maldivian newspaper Haveeru. | |
| "By early morning Saturday, lorries loaded with policemen and soldiers were seen on nearly every street," it reports. | |
| Four others were also arrested on Saturday, the Maldives Independent website quoted police sub inspector Abdulla Nawaz as saying, but he gave no further details. | |
| The website said Mr Adeeb's arrest had "surprised and enthralled many Maldivians". | |
| Police arrested | |
| President Yameen and his wife were travelling to Male from the island where the airport is located on 28 September when their speedboat was hit by the bomb blast. | |
| They had been to the hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. | |
| The president was unhurt, but his wife and and a number of others were injured when the device went off under a seat normally - but not in this instance - occupied by Mr Yameen. | |
| Officials described the attack as an assassination attempt and had arrested two senior police officers - a week after the president fired his defence minister. | |
| But on Saturday Mr Adeeb too was arrested at the airport as he returned from an official overseas visit, police confirmed. | |
| Home Minister Naseer said he was being held on a prison island. | Home Minister Naseer said he was being held on a prison island. |
| Mr Adeeb, who has denied any links to the explosion, had only been vice-president for three months. | |
| He came to office when the previous vice-president was sacked by Mr Yameen, also on charges of treason. |