Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed has praised the Parliamentary Committee on National Security Services for its inquiry report on the May 6 terrorist attack against him.
In a tweet, Speaker Nasheed said the inquiry report is one of the most complete reports that has been formulated by the parliament. Speaker Nasheed thanked the parliamentary committee's chairperson, members, and parliament staff for their work, adding that the 19th parliament session is exceptional.
The Parliament of the Maldives has approved the inquiry report with votes from 58 parliamentarians. The 242-page report includes details of how the attack was carried out, and the intelligence information gathered during the inquiry. As such, the report revealed the speaker had been spied on for months leading up to the attack. The report revealed suspects arrested in relation to the attack had surveilled the area surrounding the residence of the speaker on multiple occasions.
The report also revealed Maldives Police Service (MPS) has collected over 200 pieces of evidence from the scene of the attack, including ball bearings, debris from the motorcycle to which the explosive device was attached, blood and other evidence. The report stated all evidence had been collected after MPS had taken over the crime scene.
MPS had arrested five people directly in relation to the attack. This includes the individual who is believed to have triggered the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) as Speaker Nasheed was getting into his car, and the owner of the motorcycle to which the IED was attached.