Crime update: death trap and revenge killings
A man died of electrocution after a booby trap was laid for thieves.
22 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM
Senior police officers briefed the media Thursday night about unnatural deaths in recent months, including the fatal stabbing of two teenagers and the death of a man from electrocution on a southern island.
The murders of 18-year-old Ibrahim Agil on August 31 and 14-year-old Ismail Shaffan Shareef on October 11 were “revenge killings” amid reprisals between rival gangs in the capital, said Sub-Inspector Mohamed Samih, head of the homicide department.
Seven male suspects between 19 to 27 years of age remain in custody. Charges have been filed at the criminal court, he noted.
Agil was stabbed to death near the central bank building, a short distance from the police and military headquarters in the capital’s Republic Square. It was the third violent assault in Malé in a week amid a resurgence of gang violence.
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