Local sports star reported injured in police standoff during fifth night of Male’ protests
05 May 2011, 1:09 PM
Ahmed Nazeer and JJ Robinson
A well-known local football star has been sent to Sri Lanka for medical treatment after suffering serious injuries during a fifth night of protests in the Maldivian capital.
Media reported that Ahmed Assad ‘Adubarey’ was injured when he was caught and crushed between police riot shields.
Police had restricted protesters to the open area around the tsunami monument and the artificial beach area in the capital Male’ after complaints from business owners and residents around the Majeedhee Magu and Chandanee Magu intersection, a two-lane road the demonstrators have dubbed the Maldives’ “Tahrir Square.”
Protesters split up to try and reach the area, with 10 people including Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) MP Ahmed Mahlouf arrested by police and released later in the evening.
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