A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Police officers on scene of an accident in Hulhumale. A youth has been charged for an accident that took place in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale last August, in which a person died. In Thursday’s hearing at the Juvenile Court, the prosecution stated that the minor had been speeding on a motorcycle and crashed into a man […]
Mohamed Anas, 25, of Raa atoll Meedhoo island The minor who is being charged with murdering Mohamed Anas last July pleaded not guilty at the Juvenile Court on Monday. The minor, who is 17-years-old, is being charged with first-degree murder, along with several others, for intimidating and attacking Anas with a sharp object. According to […]
Entrance to the High Court of the Maldives. PHOTO/MIHAARU The High Court on Wednesday upheld the 16-year jail sentence issued by the Juvenile Court on one of the perpetrators behind Ahmed Nizar’s murder in July 2013. Nizar was riding a motorcycle when he was attacked by a gang wielding wooden and metal sticks in Laamu […]
Hussein Waheed: the Juvenile Court has put two people on the death row for murdering Hussein Waheed. PHOTO/POLICE The High court on Wednesday upheld the Juvenile Court’s death penalty sentence on one of the killers convicted for murdering Hussain Waheed with a sharp weapon in the capital Male. The perpetrator was a minor when the […]
Mohamed Anas, 25, of Raa atoll Meedhoo island. The state has charged a minor of 17 years with the murder of Mohamed Anas, who was stabbed to death in capital Male in late July. The Juvenile Court revealed that the minor is charged with homicide by sharp force. The court did not disclose the suspect’s […]
Police tape is drawn at the scene of a gang violence in capital Malé. PHOTO/MIHAARU There was a mass arrest of 13 people over the stabbing of a youth near the parliament in capital Male this past weekend. The young man, whose identity is yet undisclosed, was rushed to privately run ADK Hospital after he […]