Two suspects arrested over attack on Aseel

Two people, one of them a minor, have been arrested over the stabbing of Ahmed Aseel, 19, who died yesterday while being treated for stab wounds received in an attack last Saturday night, in a narrow street Dhidhi Goalhi in front of Iskandar School in Male’.

Police did not reveal when the suspects were arrested.

Aseel was left in serious condition and required a leg amputation, after receiving multiple stab wounds to various parts of his body in the assault.

He received treatment in the ICU at Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) for seven days. Doctors told his family on Thursday that his chance of survival was low.

Following police checks, his body was taken to the cemetery on Friday evening.

In addition to Aseel, a 13-year-old and a 20-year-old were also stabbed in the attack on Saturday night. They were both released from the hospital last night.