Coup in the Maldives?

Maldives: Moving Towards An Impartial Investigation? – Analysis

“Increasing circumstantial evidence that is surfacing in Maldives indicates that it was no “voluntary resignation” by former President Nasheed, but something forced on him by outsiders who were the immediate beneficiaries of the new regime. This includes the present Defence Minister – Col. (Rtd) Mohamed Nazim.”

*Mob storms National Museum, destroys Buddhist statues: “A significant part of our heritage is lost now”

“Speaking to Minivan News, a museum official said that a group of five to six men stormed into the building twice, “deliberately targeted the Buddhist relics and ruins of monasteries exhibited in the pre- Islamic collection, destroying most items “beyond repair”.”