‘Mentally-ill’ foreign woman restrained by police
The woman is a patient at ADK hospital, from where she had apparently run away.
27 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
A foreign woman, thought to be mentally-ill, was restrained by police outside a mosque in Malé on Wednesday night.
Police said that officers out on patrol were asked to help restrain a woman near the Sosun magu – Ameer Ahmed Hingun junction in Henveiru ward at around 7pm on Wednesday. The woman, of Caucasian appearance and seemingly middle aged, is a patient at ADK hospital, from where she had apparently run away.
“A mentally-ill person taken for treatment to ADK hospital disobeyed helpers and fled the hospital. At around 19:08, a police beat near the Sosun magu Ameer Ahmed junction was asked to help take the person back to the hospital,” a police spokesperson told the media.
The woman was restrained by police and taken back to the hospital in a police vehicle, police said.
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