Umar slams use of sonic weapon in crowded neighborhood

6 days ago

Former Home Minister Umar Naseer has criticized the use Long-Range Acoustic Devices (LRADs) to disperse protestors during last weekend’s anti-government rally – saying that the sonic weapon should not have been used in such a densely populated neighborhood in Male’. The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s ‘Lootuvaifi’ anti-corruption rally kicked off with hundreds of protestors at 09:00 pm Friday from