Police conduct weapon searches after 17 year-old boy stabbed yesterday afternoon
17 Aug 2010, 11:00 AM
Ahmed Nazeer
A 17 year-old boy was stabbed by a group of people near a garage in the Galolhu district of Male’ late yesterday afternoon, before sunset.
According to Police Sub-inspector Ahmed Shiyam the boy was stabbed twice, in the arm and shoulders, and was treated at Indira Gandi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).
”Due to a rise in gang activity yesterday Maldives Police Services launched a special operation to check people and several areas,” Shiyam said. ”Police were seeking weapons and objects that could potentially be used as weapons.”
Recently another 17 year-old boy was stabbed to death by a group of men during an apparent gang fight.
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