A 42 year-old Bangladesh national has been stabbed during an attack in the carnival area of Male’ yesterday afternoon (September 30), police have said.
The foreign national was taken to ADK hospital for treatment to a “long cut” sustained from their left shoulder to their chest, after they were assaulted with a sharp object at approximately 3:55pm yesterday.
Police have said investigations into the case are ongoing.
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(0)Police have arrested five boys under the age of 18 in connection with an assault at the carnival area in Male’ around 4:50pm on Friday (December 7).
According to police, a 22 year-old was stabbed near his left elbow and was treated at the ADK private hospital. He has since been released, police said.
The suspects taken into custody were aged 15, 16 and 17, police revealed.
(0)Dislikes(0)A group of four men have robbed an elderly man of Rf 200,000 (US$13,000) while he was on his way to deposit the money in the bank.
Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam confirmed incident and said police were investigating the case.
‘’The elderly man suffered minor injuries in the incident,’’ Shiyam said, but would not give further details.
According to local newspaper Haveeru, the man was robbed as he walked out from a café inside the Alimas Carnival area.
The paper quoted a witness as saying that as the elderly man walked out, four men on two motorbikes were waiting for him and forced him to give the money to them.
He told the paper that the assailants left a box cutter blade and a sandal in the area as they fled away.
Meanwhile, the Indian High Commission has put up a notice on the High Commission Office notice board informing all Indian citizens residing in the Maldives to take “precautionary measures” while walking in the streets of Male’, and to avoid wearing jewelry.
The High Indian High Commission noted that there were increasing reports of snatch-and-grab incidents lately.
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