Story of three decomposing corpses remains a mystery, say police
24 Jan 2010, 5:42 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Three dead bodies have mysteriously washed up on Maldivian shores in under a month, and police still confess they have no idea who they are.
The first body was found in the lagoon of of the Reethi Rah resort on 15 January, floating three to four feet off the shore. A resort worker told Minivan News the badly decomposed body was discovered by a beach cleaner at 8:30 am in morning, and was collected by a police forensic team that arrived at 12:30 pm that afternoon.
Another body was found near the island of Mahibadhoo in north Ari atoll on 21 January. Police said the body, also badly decomposed, was discovered by a fishing boat. Police took the body for investigation.
The third body was found on a sand bank near the Taj Exotica resorts in Male atoll by staff on a diving expedition.
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