Raajje TV journalist in critical condition after attack
23 Feb 2013, 3:15 PM
Neil Merrett
A reporter for private broadcaster Raajje TV is in a critical condition after he was badly beaten in Male’ early this morning.
Ibrahim ‘Aswad’ Waheed, a senior reporter for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)-aligned television station, was attacked with an iron bar while riding on a motorcycle near the artificial beach area.
The attack left him unconscious, and he has been transferred to a hospital in Sri Lanka for treatment.
Speaking by phone from Sri Lanka, Raajje TV Chairman Akram Kamaaluddin said Aswad’s condition had not improved at time of press.
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