Maldives police arrest 14 over suspected bomb plot

A beach on the Maldives where 14 people have been arrested on suspicion of plotting a bombing (Alamy/PA)

Police in the Maldives have arrested 14 people allegedly working with foreign extremists to carry out a bombing in the tiny archipelago state, police said.

The suspects had been working with the so-called Islamic State group and apparently planning an attack with the intent of killing many people, Uswath Ahmed, the nation’s counterterrorism head, told reporters.