Maldives blogger killed for ‘mocking Islam’, say police
10 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM
A Maldives blogger who was murdered in April was killed by men who believed he was “mocking” Islam, the police have said.
The suspects believed Yameen Rasheed, 29 years, was “a man who mocked religion”, Ahmed Shameem, a senior policeman, told reporters on Wednesday.
“They decided that it’s not something they will tolerate, and that Yameen needed to be killed for that.”
Shameem insisted the murder was not part of an organised effort and said there was no political motive behind it.
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