Yameen Rasheed, blogger and activist, stabbed to death
He was found with multiple stab wounds in the stairway of his apartment building in Malé at 3am on Sunday, and died soon after he was taken to the hospital.
23 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
Yameen Rasheed, a prominent blogger and Internet activist, has been stabbed to death.
He was found with multiple stab wounds in the stairway of his apartment building in Malé at 3am on Sunday, and died soon after he was taken to the hospital.
“He had lost a lot of blood and was unconscious but had a very slight pulse,” said a spokeswoman for the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital. He was declared dead at 3:40am.
“There were multiple wounds on the head, neck and chest. Some wounds on the face and body,” she said.
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