A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 25th April 2018 The following is a loose translation: Are we happy with the measures taken to discipline the students in the Maldives schools? Are there work done through the system to reform them? Is the environment safe for teachers? Do the parents who spend […]
Police officers in GDh Thinadhoo. Police arrested 11 people in the island of Thinadhoo in Gaafu Dhaal atoll over gang violence. One individual had been injured in the fight, but he was arrested upon being discharged from the hospital. According to the police, two motorcycles were also damaged in the fight. The cause of the […]
Kudahuvadhoo in Dhaal atoll. IMAGE/GOOGLE MAPS Four minors and a man were arrested late Tuesday in connection to a fight between two brothers in Dhaal atoll Kudahuvadhoo island. The brawl took place last Sunday, when a 17 year old boy accused his 15 year old brother of stealing one of his belongings and attacked the […]
Mohamed Anas was brutally murdered because he was mistaken by his assailants for a member of a rival gang, the police have revealed. Anas, a 25-year-old speedboat captain from the island of Meedhoo in Raa atoll, was stabbed to death by a group of masked men inside a motorcycle shop in Malé around 9:15 pm on […]
The police escorting the expat who was stabbed to the hospital in a police car — An expat was violently attacked with a sharp object late on Wednesday night. According to a witness, the foreign national was stabbed in the head with a sharp object at the Artifical Beach area in capital Male. The witness […]
A road in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Two Maldivian minors, who were arrested along with two Sri Lankan students after a gang fight in a school last Thursday, have been summoned to court. Sri Lankan police had arrested the four minors after a heated brawl with a rivalling group at the famous Daybridge International School had […]
Bajaj three-wheeler autos pictured on a road in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan police have arrested four minors, including two Maldivians, over a gang violence incident in a school that left three students injured. According to the Maldivian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Mohamed Hussain Shareef, the heated brawl occurred between two rivalling groups of the famous […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on vfp.mv website on 1st October 2017. The following is a loose translation: In the past four years, the number of gang-related murders and violence had escalated to record heights. During the past two weeks, gang violence had claimed the lives of several young people. This triggered loud calls […]
Police tape is drawn at the scene of a gang violence in capital Male. PHOTO/MIHAARU The opposition coalition on Sunday released a statement criticising the government for not being able to take firm action against the escalating violence in the country. The opposition took a jab at President Abdulla Yameen’s electoral pledge to create a […]