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SITE Intelligence Group, an organisation that tracks online activity of extremist organisations, disclosed on Friday that the international terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the blaze set in Mahibadhoo, Alif Dhaalu Atoll, this Wednesday.
Police ruled the incident as arson on Wednesday night, speculating that it was pre-planned and carried out by extremists or drug traffickers as retaliation against the authorities' ongoing special operations since September 2019.
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