Bangladeshi suspect confesses to murder
Sumon Mia, the Bangladeshi suspect who has confessed to the murder, was working under the victim at the Ihavandhoo ice plant, the police said in a statement Sunday afternoon.
18 Jun 2017, 9:00 AM
A 27-year-old Bangladeshi man arrested in connection with the murder of a Maldivian man in charge of an ice plant on the island of Ihavandhoo has confessed to the police.
Ismail Umar, 54, an engineer from the island of Hinnavaru in Lhaviyani atoll, was found dead with multiple stab wounds inside the ice plant on Friday afternoon.
Sumon Mia, the Bangladeshi suspect who has confessed to the murder, was working under the victim at the ice plant, the police said in a statement Sunday afternoon.
“And the police have now found the knife Sumon Mia used to attack Ismail Umar as well as the clothes that he was wearing at the time,” the police said.
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