Police seek public assistance to locate expatriate accused of raping 19 year-old girl on Hulhumale
04 Aug 2013, 12:32 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Police have asked for public assistance in locating an expat suspected of abducting and raping a 19 year-old girl on Hulhumale while she was on her way to an office.
Police said the incident occurred on Saturday morning at about 9:30am. The man allegedly snatched the girl from the street and raped her in some bushes near Reethi Gas Magu Road.
Police said the suspect’s identity remained unknown. The statement did not reveal his nationality, but said he was 5 feet 7 inches in height with shortly trimmed hair, and had last been seen on the 10:00am ferry to Male.
On the ferry he was observed to be wearing a grey shirt and grey pair of trousers, and had a badly injured index finger, police said.
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