Tourism officials in the Maldives maintain that it is business as usual following Saturday's bomb attack in the country's capital.
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Maldives: 'business as usual'
Officials maintain that resorts have not been affected following Saturday's bomb attack, reports Bev Fearis.
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FBI Assists With Maldives Blast Probe
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — U.S. authorities have sent FBI agents to the Maldives to aid with the investigation into a weekend bombing that injured 12 foreign tourists, U.S. officials said Monday.
The nail-packed bomb exploded outside a crowded park in the Maldives capital, Male, on Saturday. It was the first such attack reported on the Indian Ocean archipelago renowned for its exclusive tourist resorts.
Maldives were 'warned of Islamic danger'
The Government of the Maldives had received explicit warnings of the dangers of rising Islamic fundamentalism but failed to take action to address the issue, the country's former attorney-general told The Daily Telegraph.
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Ten held over Maldives bomb
Police investigating this weekend's nail bomb attack in the Maldives, which injured a dozen foreign tourists including two Britons, have now arrested 10 people, officials said today."Some of them were trying to flee the country and were apprehended at the airport," said Mohamed Shareef, a Maldives government spokesman.
Maldives bomb couple head home
The family of a bride badly injured in a terror bombing in the Maldives have told of the moment they heard she had been caught up in the attack.
Jennifer Donelan's father, Thomas Green, and sister Rachael Green, said they were `keeping their fingers crossed' that she would be returning to Manchester for specialist treatment tomorrow.
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Jennifer Donelan's father, Thomas Green, and sister Rachael Green, said they were `keeping their fingers crossed' that she would be returning to Manchester for specialist treatment tomorrow.
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