Police alleged to have used tear gas in Masodige raid
11 Sep 2011, 8:02 PM
Ahmed Nazeer and Eleanor Johnstone
The mother of a man who was arrested in a police raid on Galolhu Masodige on Friday night has claimed that officers threw a two tear gas canisters into a house containing a three month old child and a five year old girl.
Fahmeedha Shakeeb alleged police entered the building without a court warrant to arrest her son, Ihusaanudheen Rasheed, for alleged assault of a 23 year old man.
”The police force arrived at Masodige to arrest my son and broke into the house,” she claimed. “My son asked them whether they had a court warrant to enter the house, but they said they did not so my son asked them to leave the house if they did not have a warrant.”
Shakeeb claimed police officers then threw a tear gas canister into the building despite her protestations that there were women and small children in the building.
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