Muscat: Police have refuted rumours about a murder and the closing of all the roads leading to Wadi Adai.
According to officials, the road closure was an exercise to measure the preparedness of the Royal Oman Police (ROP) departments that participated in the Shumookh2 military exercise.
"Referring to what has been circulating on social media about a murder crime and closing down all the roads leading to Wadi Adai, it was an exercise to measure the preparedness of the Royal Oman Police formations which participates in the national Shumookh2 exercise," and ROP statement said.