Man who went to snorkeling dies after being speared by a marlin

A youth who had done snorkeling in B. Maalhos has passed away after being speared by a marlin.

A media official from Maldives Police Services had told Sun that they were informed sometime this evening that a youth had been taken to B. Atoll Hospital after being speared by a marlin amidst snorkeling – and subsequently had succumbed to the injury.

The media official identified the youth who had passed away as a 33-year-old Maldivian man.

“We were informed that the that a youth had been taken to B. Atoll Hospital after being speared by a marlin amidst snorkeling. The hospital did subsequently inform us that the individual had passed away. It was a 33-year-old Maldivian man,” the media official had said.