Openly killed, secretly charged: Yameen Rasheed’s murder one year on
Hussein Rasheed saw his son’s throat had been slashed and that part of his skull was missing. He counted more than 30 deep wounds on his son’s chest, face and head.
23 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
The world stopped a year ago for Hussein Rasheed. His 29-year-old son Yameen had been brutally attacked in Malé after returning home from work.
Hussein waited as hospital staff frantically sutured wounds and tried to stop the bleeding. He later saw that his son’s throat had been slashed and that part of his skull was missing. Hussein counted more than 30 deep wounds on his son’s chest, face and head.
Yameen, an outspoken blogger and internet activist, was murdered in the stairwell of his apartment building.
The suspects were brazen enough to kill him on his doorstep, but a year later the state remains secretive about the judicial process.
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