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Sobah confesses to lead in bombing

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Mohamed Sobah, 19, of V. Landhooaage has confessed to have led the preparation of the improvised explosive device (IED) and its detonation in Sultan Park, said the Maldives Police Service.

Speaking to the press at the Police Headquarters Assistant Commissioner of Police Abdulla Riyaz said that knew of Sobah's role in the preparation and detonation of the device in the light of their investigations up till now.

Sobah is one of the three people whom the police has said have confessed to their involvement in the incident. The other two people are Ahmed Naseer and Moosa Eenaz.

He said that the explosive device was assembled at a guest house in Male', and that they believe the preparation of the device took a long time. He said that the room the group used in the guest house has been gone over by a forensics team.

He said that items gathered in connection with the incident included a hard disk belonging to Sobah, and that they have been able to obtain a lot of information from this disk.

Riyaz said that two key suspects connected with the incident, Ali Shameem and Abdul Latheef are still evading the police. He also said that police were carrying out operations in Shaviyani Atoll and Laamu Atoll.

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