Unrest spreads in Maldives—officials

NEW DELHI—Angry protesters on at least two outlying islands in the Maldives attacked police stations and set fire to government buildings on Wednesday, officials told AFP.

Abdulla Sodig, the mayor of Addu, said one police station was stormed and another two surrounded in the first confirmed report that unrest had spread beyond the capital Male after Mohamed Nasheed stepped down as president.

Mohamed Shareef, a senior official in the MDP political party on the island of Thinadhoo, told AFP a mob of up to 1,000 people had sacked the local police station and set fire to a court building and a local council office.