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  Maldives leader says VP's arrest over boat blast 'not easy'
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AuthorKRISHAN FRANCIS and SINAN HUSSAIN
News DateSunday, October 25, 2015 12:55:00 PM UTC0:0
Descriptionhe Maldives' president appealed for calm throughout the island nation Sunday, after his deputy was arrested on suspicion of treason for allegedly plotting to assassinate him with an explosion on his boat.

President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, who escaped the Sept. 28 blast unhurt, told reporters it "was not easy" to see the arrest of Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, a young protege appointed to the office only three months ago.

After the explosion tore through the president's boat last month, rumors soon began circulating that Adeeb was behind the blast - allegations he emphatically denied.

Investigators ruled out mechanical failure as a cause of the blast, and the government said an explosive device had been placed under the seat the president usually occupied.
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