Maldives Police Service has commenced probes into threats circulating through social media.
In a tweet, Police declared that they were looking into a "string of hate speech and threats" observed in recent online conversations, and urged the public to refrain from online harassment.
We have observed a string of hate speech and threats ensuing from recent conversations on some social media platforms. While we investigate these, we urge both sides of the conversation to refrain from making derogatory remarks, especially threats to persons.
— Maldives Police (@PoliceMv) January 7, 2019
Targeted hate speech is often observed on Twitter, among other social media platforms.