Remembering Yameen: part two
Part two of an interview with murdered blogger Yamin Rasheed’s mother Mariyam Shafeega and sister Yumna Rasheed.
30 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM
The Maldives Independent’s Saya Ahmed and Hassan Moosa sat down with murdered blogger Yamin Rasheed’s mother Mariyam Shafeega and sister Yumna Rasheed to remember the young man who inspired so many with his writing, empathy and activism.
This is the second part of the interview.
Saya Ahmed: Did you notice anything suspicious occurring in the house before his murder?
Mariyam Shafeega: We did not notice anything. But the owner of this house said something. It made me think that things could have been different if we had known about it before. But the owner was not aware that he had received threats. He asked we did not share the threats with them. I told them I had not known that he had received threats recently. I never imagined that something like this might be committed inside the house, so openly. The owner even said that about five days ago, some kind of paint-like stuff was put on the camera near the lift. So they removed and fixed the camera. The owner’s mother said they noticed some strangers moving about the house for the past week.
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