Young woman found dead in Malé was strangled, reveals autopsy
A 23-year-old woman found dead in a narrow lane in Malé on January 7 was strangled to death, a postmortem examination conducted in India has revealed.
18 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
A 23-year-old woman found dead in a narrow lane in Malé on January 7 was strangled to death, a postmortem examination conducted in India has revealed.
The police said today that Hawwa Zuha was murdered by a foreign man in a vacant room in a house called Laaluge in the Henveiru ward of the capital. The suspect is now in custody.
Two men aged 28 and 50 were arrested a day after Zuha’s body was found on the Dhoohimerimagu street in Galolhu.
The victim was from the island of Gan in Laamu atoll. She was reportedly in Malé during a break from a drug rehabilitation programme.
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