Police have confirmed that a foreigner received minor injuries after being stabbed yesterday afternoon following an attempt to cross an area where a protest was taking place in Male’.
The Maldives Police Service confirmed that it was investigating an attack on a foreign national that took place between 4:30PM and 5:00PM yesterday whilst a Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) protest was taking place in the capital – though it declined to speculate on any possible motive for the attack.
Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam told Minivan News that the foreigner, whose exact nationality could not be confirmed, had now been released from ADK Hospital in Male’ after receiving treatment for a minor head injury resulting from being stabbed by an assailant.
A suspect who tried to flee the scene was taken into custody, though the police spokesperson said that no motive for the attack has been established at present.
“We do not at present know of the motive for the attack, there were a lot of people at the gathering,” Shiyam added.
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Can you please follow up on this story and report where the foreigner was from?