Two minors arrested over fatal stabbings in Malé
Some 19 individuals arrested in the wake of the fatal stabbing of two 14-year-old boys in Malé last Friday have been released from police custody. Contrary to media reports, the police spokesman said “they were not arrested on suspicion of involvement in the two murders.”
05 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Two minors have been taken into police custody over the fatal stabbing of two 14-year-old boys in Malé on Friday, police said today.
A fight between two rival gangs in the Maafannu ward, Vaikanmathi and Eagles, had prompted the killings, the police said.
The two 14-year-old boys who died of stab injuries Friday night were the youngest victims of gang-related killings in the Maldives. The police did not name the victims, but local media have identified them as Ahmed Irushan and Fathir Mohamed.
The first attack occurred at 5:30pm on Friday on the western end of Malé’s thoroughfare Majeedheemagu. Irushan was stabbed in the neck in a fight between the two gangs inside a lorry. He died at 7:47pm.
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