Opposition MDP's main office vandalized

Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)'s main office in capital Malé City was attacked on Tuesday night.

While an object was thrown to break its glass door, police officers arrived at the scene shortly after.

A police forensic team was active at the scene following Tuesday night's attack.

The MDP office has been the target of many such attacks, including arson. However, police investigations have yet to conclude and there have been no arrests over these attacks.

In a tweet posted afterwards, MDP's general secretary Anas Abdul Sattar noted that there was only one other CCTV camera that could have caught the incident- at the Ministry of Health.

However, he claimed that an officer had "implied that the government would not provide the footage".

While the camera outside the MDP office had some relevant footage, MDP is to hand the 'evidence' over to the police for their investigation. Noting this, Sattar tweeted that the officer had advised him to "make a copy before handing it over" as the authorities cannot be trusted.

MDP's ally, Adhaalath Party expressed concern over the attack, highlighting that such attacks targeting the opposition are increasing, adding that this 'is a serious obstacle to a fee and fair election'.

While MDP's main office was vandalized on Tuesday, its presidential candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was targeted twice during a campaign event in Hulhumalé last week; he was not injured.