A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
A 25-year-old man was stabbed to death Friday night near the halfway house for recovering addicts in Hulhumalé. Local media has identified the victim as Haris Abdul Ghafoor from the island of Dhaandhoo in Gaaf Alif atoll. According to the Hulhumalé hospital, he was stabbed eight times and was pronounced dead upon arrival. Raajje TV […]
Man tagged with an ankle monitor under the MoniCon order. PHOTO/POLICE Police have requested authorities to put ankle monitors on 16 suspects accused of major criminal offences under the MoniCon order. At a press conference held Wednesday, Police spokesperson Superintendent Ahmed Shifan declared that the police have received official confirmation that authorities will commence tagging […]
The fatal stabbing of Nadheem Abdul Rahman was a revenge killing arising from a feud between two groups, police said Wednesday. Nadheem was stabbed to death by masked assailants in late July, with his murder and that of Mohamed Anas coming amid a spike in violent crimes in Malé that led to a manhunt for […]
The housing minister on Wednesday defended a decision to publish an anonymous list of flat winners as a corruption probe continued into the social housing scheme and despite thousands of people complaining about its lack of transparency. The 661 winners of the flats built in Hulhumalé, a reclaimed island under development near Malé, are the […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 25th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: It has been years since *Fenaka Corporation‘s former top management officials had been marred by allegations of doing under deals, selling US dollars to several parties and favouring projects to ‘close people’. Amid the allegations, several […]
The Maldives Wednesday played down the United Kingdom’s updated travel advice to the country which said terrorists were “very likely” to carry out an attack, stressing the tropical paradise “remains one of the safest destinations in the world”. More than 100,000 Britons visited the Maldives last year, the third biggest market, up from 90,000 in […]
Satellite image of K. Himmafushi Maldives Police Service are seeking to charge two suspects in the death of an expatriate, who was employed at the Life water plant in Kaafu atoll Himmafushi island. Police did not reveal the identities of the suspects, whose cases have been forwarded to the Prosecutor General’s Office for indictment. Following […]
The British government has added the threat of a terrorist attack to its travel advisory on the Maldives. This additional category titled ‘Terrorism’ was added on Monday, and states that terrorists are ‘very likely’ to carry out an attack in the Maldives. “There’s a heightened threat of terrorist attack globally against UK interests and British […]
The two motorbikes that the culprits were on whilst they attacked the individuals; they were left a few meters away from where the incident occurred — The three individuals who were arrested on Sunday in relation to the fatal stabbing that took place in the capital Male late on Saturday night were all “actively involved” […]