Maldives Police Service (MPS) on January 25 requested the Prosecutor General’s Office for charges against eight suspects arrested in a counter-terror operation in Th. Thimarafushi island of Thaa Atoll in late 2020, reports Sun.mv on January 26. The eight terror suspects were identified as Abdulla Shareef (34), Ahsan Mohamed (32), Ali Muneez, (28), Mohamed Asir, (34), Ali Arham Mohamed (18), Shamah Shareef (20), Ibrahim Looth (21), and Abdulla Imad (29) by the MPS on January 26. According to the Police, the suspects planned on detonating an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the laboratory of the Th. Atoll Education Center located in Thimarafushi, while students sat for their O’ Level examat the direction of Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-KP). ISKP had reportedly appointed Abdulla Shareef (34) as a ‘amir’.