Angry protesters on at least two outlying islands in the Maldives attacked police stations and set fire to government buildings on Wednesday, officials told AFP.
Abdulla Sodig, the mayor of Addu, said one police station was stormed and another two surrounded in the first confirmed report that unrest had spread beyond the capital Male after Mohamed Nasheed stepped down as president. Mohamed Shareef, a...
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
