Child sex offender arrested after confessing to vigilante group
The 19-year-old suspect was stripped and forced to walk in his underwear.
26 May 2019, 9:00 AM
A 19-year-old man who confessed to sexually abusing two young boys in the capital’s suburb Hulhumalé was arrested in the early hours of Sunday after he was forced to walk in his underwear by a vigilante group.
A video of the alleged pedophile being questioned and threatened by a group of men has been circulating on social media. He was reportedly stripped down to his boxers and forced to walk on the middle of the street after he confessed to molesting the boys over four days.
The man was taken to the police station after the vigilante action was reported around midnight. A warrant was later issued for his arrest on child sexual abuse charges.
“We have taken him into our custody and we are investigating the case now. We have seen the video on Twitter and will certainly look into it during investigations,” a police spokeswoman told the Maldives Independent.
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