This story is worse than crap and the writer should be called out. There is nothing about this up at the CNN site, and I looked back to April 4. Some nut “told” CNN? Yeah, he probably sent them an email. The misleading headline is the first glaring notice that the story is a fraud. CNN has no part in this story.
The second tell: When someone claims to have news this important and says there is “some witness” you know the whole thing is bull.
Who is the witness, and to what authority did the witness report? Did this witness recently visit the Maldives too?
Did you watch the video?
Did you watch the CNN video at the link?