Police have arrested a minor in connection with the murder of Ahmed Nizar, 31, of Woodland House in Gan, Laamu Atoll, who was killed on July 14, 2013.
In a statement issued today police said the minor was arrested on Saturday August 10 after an arrest warrant was obtained from the court.
Police had previously arrested five persons in connection with the case.
On July 15 police arrested a 21 year-old man while a 22 year-old man was arrested on July 17. Two other men aged 26 and 22 were also arrested in connection with the case.
Police said the court had extended the suspects’ pretrial detention period to 15 days and they have been brought Male’ for investigation.
The Police Serious and Organized Crime Department and Laamu Gan Police Station are investigating the case, police said.
Ahmed Nizar was attacked in the early hours of July 14 while he was travelling to Gan from Kahdhoo, after receiving some football jerseys from the Kahdhoo Post Office.
At the time police said the investigation had revealed that Nizar was attacked with wooden planks and iron bars. Police recovered the murder weapons.
A special team of police were deployed to Gan to investigate the murder. Police said the victim had no record of criminal activity.
The attack on Nizar is the second murder on Gan this year. On March 14 , a 51 year-old man was attacked with an axe while he was sleeping in a house. He died shortly after the attack having suffered serious head injuries.
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