Bangladeshi killed in street mugging
22 Nov 2010, 1:23 PM
Ahmed Naish
A 30 year-old Bangladeshi man was killed this morning in Maafanu Carnation Magu in Male’ after being stabbed in the chest during what is thought to have been an attempted mugging.
According to police, the incident took place at about 7am and the man died shortly afterward while undergoing treatment at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).
No arrests have been in connection to the case yet, a police media official said.
Residents of the area told Minivan News that two men attempted to the rob the Bangladeshi of his backpack and Nokia mobile phone and he was stabbed when he fought back.
“People from the neighbourhood came out when they heard him screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’,” a woman who wished to remain anonymous recounted. “There was blood on the middle of the road and his insides had spilled out.”
She claimed that while police arrived on the scene promptly, it was only 30 minutes later that the victim was taken to the hospital.
But, a police media official denied the accusation, claiming that “police went to the scene and did the necessary checks and he was taken to the hospital as quickly as possible; it can’t have been 30 minutes.”
None of the residents who witnessed the aftermath saw the assailants.
A Bangladeshi in the area claimed that the victim was on his way to work after having breakfast when he was attacked by ‘parteys’ (drug addicts).
“A few days ago, two of them stole my phone when I was in front of the house,” he said. “It is not safe for us here anymore.”