20-year-old male arrested in Mafaz murder
10 Dec 2014, 1:33 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
A 20-year-old man has been arrested over the brutal murder of Masodi gang member Ahmed Mafaz on December 7.
According to the Maldives Police Services, the man was arrested from Henveiru Bluebird in Malé under a court warrant at 3:35pm on December 9. The police also confiscated several items from the house.
Local media have identified the man to be Mohamed Midhath. He is the only individual arrested over the murder.
Mafaz, also known as ‘Masodi Mafa’, was stabbed to death at approximately 1:45am near the Alora furniture shop in Malé on December 7.
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