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Political Tension in the Maldives Increases as MP Assassinated

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Island Nation in Struggle For Survival of Democracy as Politics Turns More Violent Amid Rising Tension in the Maldives

Maldives arrests four in hunt for assassin

Police in the Maldives said Wednesday they had arrested four people over the killing of a lawmaker, whose stabbing has raised tension in the politically restive nation of 330,000 Sunni Muslims. Three men and a woman were detained and were undergoing questioning in connection with Tuesday’s killing.

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