topic

Murder

Crime

Police recover money stolen from Addu City murder victim

The police have arrested three suspects in the murder of a 47-year-old businessman in Addu City and recovered cash stolen from the victim’s general store.

10 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM

Crime

Man discovered dead in Addu taro field

The body of a businessman, reported missing after a burglary at his general store, was found dead in an abandoned taro field in southern Addu City this morning.

02 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM

Crime

Four-year-old girl stabbed to death on northern island

Ahmed Vishan, Noomaraa island council president, told The Maldives Independent that the child’s grandfather found her body after dawn prayers. “She was stabbed in the neck and shoulder joints. The mother was also sitting in the room awake at the time,” he said.

11 Feb 2016, 9:00 AM

Crime

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

Crime

Two arrested over young woman’s murder

Two men aged 28 years and 50 years were arrested Friday night over the suspected murder of a young woman in Malé.

09 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM

Crime

Maldivian man found murdered in Sri Lanka

A 29-year-old Maldivian man was found dead in a paddy field in the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Hussain Razeen ‘Rabarey,’ from the Hundred Flower house in the Henveiru ward of Malé. Razeen was a prime suspect in a murder committed in 2007.

08 Nov 2015, 9:00 AM

News In Brief

Underage murder suspect transferred to house arrest

17 Jun 2015, 5:48 PM

Crime

19-year-old man stabbed to death in sixth murder in 2015

16 Jun 2015, 7:03 PM

Crime

Mother confesses to abusing murdered three-year-old baby

15 Jun 2015, 5:11 PM

Crime

Bangladeshi worker found dead with face smashed in

11 Jun 2015, 7:45 PM

News In Brief

Criminal court releases murder suspect

04 Jun 2015, 6:15 PM

News In Brief

Mother charged with murder over death of toddler

21 May 2015, 5:51 PM

Crime

Suspect accused of stuffing murdered girlfriend into suitcase acquitted

12 May 2015, 7:29 PM

News In Brief

Suspect acquitted in murder of 75-year-old woman

30 Apr 2015, 10:42 PM

News In Brief

Two men sentenced to life imprisonment for murder

25 Apr 2015, 4:45 PM

Politics

‘Leaked letter’ revives claims over Afrasheem murder

01 Apr 2015, 1:11 PM

News In Brief

Fourth expatriate stabbed in Malé

26 Mar 2015, 1:03 AM

News In Brief

Young man stabbed to death in Mundoo

21 Mar 2015, 6:41 PM

News In Brief

Third suspect in Jailam murder remanded

12 Mar 2015, 5:17 PM

Crime

Young man stabbed to death in Malé

22 Feb 2015, 2:00 PM

PreviousShowing 40 of 172Next

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter

We'll guide you through what's happening and why it matters