Police probe death threat against woman for not wearing hijab
MP Eva Abdulla, one of five female lawmakers in the Maldives’ 85-member parliament, condemned the threat as well as the official response to it.
15 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
Police are investigating a death threat against a woman for not wearing hijab, it was confirmed Sunday, with a spokesman saying the complaint was about a taxi driver.
In a Twitter post, a witness to the alleged incident reported that the driver had overtaken a motorbike driven by a woman before threatening her.
“After coming close to the motorbike that she was on he said “[will] kill you. You can’t be [on the streets] without wearing a hijab”. A collision [between the taxi and the motorbike] was prevented because of two men on the road,”
“In front of police, he said that he will end her life if she came in front of him,” the witness said on Facebook.
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