A police vehicle collided with a group of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) supporters while it was en-route to a crime scene on Fuvamulah in Gnaviyani Atoll, where a gang had stabbed one man, injured two others and damaged parked motorcycles.
In a statement, police said the vehicle collided with a motorcycle that had turned into Ghaazee Road.
People in the area when the incident occurred vandalised the police vehicle and assaulted police officers in the vehicle, read the police statement.
Police said two persons injured in the accident, as well as the gang attack victim, were admitted to Fuvamulah Hospital.
However online newspaper ‘Kattelhi’, based in Fuvamulah, reported that the police vehicle was returning from the crime scene at around 9:30pm when it collided with a motorcyclist, causing the driver to lose control and crash into parked motorcycles. The paper alleged the vehicle was travelling at a very high speed.
Immediately following the crash, people gathered in front of the MDP Fuvamulah Office surrounded the police vehicle, broke the glass, and attacked police officers inside the vehicle, Kattelhi reported.
Kattelhi reported that its reporters witnessed some of the officers being admitted to Fuvamulah Hospital.
The paper identified the injured two persons as Ahmed Hassan, 23 and Ali Saeed, 30 both of them Fuvamulah islanders.
According to Kattelhi one man’s head was badly injured and his body bruised, however according to Fuvamulah Hospital no one was seriously injured.
Minivan News understands that the person who received injuries to his head has been brought to Male’ for treatment.
Kattelhi quoted people in the area as saying that the police vehicle was travelling at an unusually high speed and that there was enough space for it in the middle of the road. MDP supporters were on both sides of road attending a meeting.
The paper identified the gang attack victim as 18 year-old Ahmed Juman, who was stabbed in the head but was not seriously injured.
Supporters of government-aligned parties later gathered near Fuvamulah Hospital and Fuvamulah Police Headquarters, claiming that they believed MDP supporters were coming to attack police, according to Kattelhi. The crowd left after police requested them to leave.
Police Sub-Inspector Hassan Haneef said the police statement was issued based on the information police have received so far and that the investigation into the case was ongoing.
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Police and MNDF vehicles have no regard for others on the streets and it is a common site to see them travelling at high speed even in Male'. Who's there to make them accountable? No wonder people are getting upset and taking matters on to their own hands, when the very people who are supposed to be role models in observing the law, defy it and break it more than others do!
too much coincidence ... police almost racing on a road where "on both sides' MDP supporters were gathering ... looks more like a straight attack on those supporters
very bad coz citizens