Humam sentenced to death for murder of Dr Afrasheem
16 Jan 2014, 9:28 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The Criminal Court has today sentenced the prime suspect in the murder of Dr Afrasheem Ali , Hussain Humam Ahmed to death.
The verdict said it was proven beyond doubt that Humam assaulted Dr Afrasheem with a sharp object and intentionally killed him. Humam was found guilty for the crime of intentional murder and sentenced to death as a penalty for the crime.
Dr Afrasheem – then MP for Ungoofaaru Constituency and a moderate Islamic Scholar – was found brutally murdered at the his apartment building on the night of October 1 2012.
Maldives Police Service launched an investigation immediately and found it to have been a politically motivated and premeditated murder.
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