Criminal Court extends detention of suspect arrested for attack on Raajje TV journalist
27 Feb 2013, 5:30 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Criminal Court has extended the detention period of the suspect arrested in connection with the attack on Raajje TV senior journalist Ibrahim Waheed ‘Aswad’.
Police have not officially identified the suspect, however local media reported that the suspect was 21 year-old Ahmed Vishan.
The suspect was arrested on Tuesday while he was at his house and was summoned before the court, which extended his detention by 15 days.
The arrest was initially reported by Commissioner of Police Abdulla Riyaz, who informed the public in a tweet that a person had been arrested in what he described as a “murder attempt”.
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