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0030hrs: Out of the people detained in involvement of 19 March
protest, 14 tested positive for being under the influence of illegal
narcotics.
2350hrs: 100 people under arrest for involvement in the turmoil of 19
March Protest.
2310hrs: Police Official suffering severe head injury parts abroad for
further medical care.
2130hrs: Police start investigating the cases of the attacks on media
and police officials during the 19 March Protest caught on video
footage and photographs.
1950hrs: 98 People in police custody for involvement in today’s protests.
1902hrs: Police and MNDF reinstate the police safety line and push the
civil resistance beyond the police barricades.
1900hrs: Civil resistance accumulated at the Lonuziyaarai Magu and
Buruzu Magu break through police safety lines.
1830hrs: Police confiscate a 20L container with suspected homemade
liquor from the search site near the surf spot ‘Raalhugandu sarahadhu’
at the Lonuziyaarai.
1735hrs: Used condoms found in the search.
1730hrs: Police confiscate a styroform crate filled with unopened
beer cans from the search site.
1710hrs: Police uncover armaments like metal pipes and wooden clubs
from the site of search.
1655hrs: Police raid the Lonuziyaarai camping sites and starts search.
1645hrs- Police measures underway to stop the conspired attacks on
private and public property near Lonuziyaarai area.
1324hrs:The VTV building, local television station has been smashed by bricks of the pavement. Huge damages have been inflicted on this building as well as Villa Gas Building which is being investigated by the Maldives Police Service.
1305hrs: 41 Demonstrators brought into police custody in today’s protests.
1243hrs: 8 Officer injured in the Protest near the Parliament.
1200hrs: The Protestors are reminded that it is a criminal offense to obstruct police in the execution of their duty, resisting arrest or assaulting police officers on duty. Those who are inclined to obstructing or resorting to any form of violence against the police or throughout the Maldives are duly warned that the police are empowered by law to use the necessary force and the usage of non-lethal weapons to effect a lawful arrest. Therefore they should be warned that the police will not hesitate to use these power vested upon them by the law.
1143hrs:Police use force to disperse the demonstrators at the Sosun Magu who had gotten violent and attacked the Police Officers guarding the green zone with sharp armaments.
1138hrs: A fire has broken out at Neelan Fihaara, a retail shop. MNDF Fire and Rescue and Police are trying to extinguish the fire.
1127hrs: Police disperse the demonstrators near Abadhahfehi Magu after giving a final warning not to breach the police safety lines and attack security officers at the front.
1127hrs: Police disperse the demonstrators near Abadhahfehi Magu after giving a final warning not to breach the police safety lines and attack security officers at the front.
1118hrs: Police Officer suffer a leg injury after being hit by objects hurled by demonstrators at Sosun Magu.
1104hrs: Police Officers rushed to hospitals for head injuries by the objects hurled at Police Officers at Abadhahfehi Magu.
1028hrs:Demonstrators near the Abadhahfehi Magu hurl water bottles, pavement bricks and PVC pipes at the police.
0950hrs:Protestors begin to accumulate and breach the Police safety lines set around the Peoples Majlis to disrupt the Presidential address on 19 March 2012.
Maldives Police Service urges the public to exercise their rights to expression and assembly wisely and peacefully without malice.
The public is reminded that it is a criminal offense to obstruct police in the execution of their duty, resisting arrest or assaulting police officers on duty. Those who are inclined to obstructing or resorting to any form of violence against the police or throughout the Maldives are duly warned that the police are empowered by law to use the necessary force to effect a lawful arrest.