Maldives Police Service has revealed that evidence have been collected in the investigation into Saturday night’s murder of prominent blogger Yameen Rasheed.
In a press conference held this afternoon, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abdulla Nawaz, said that they have been able to identify two of Yameen’s assailants via security camera footage and that they would be arresting these suspects. Abdulla Nawaz also revealed that as part of the ongoing investigation, physical evidence has been collected, individuals have been interrogated and information has been gathered.
One of the two brief videos shown in the press conference shows a man in a checkered shirt entering and waiting in the stairwell of the building where Yameen was found. The other video shows two men leaving the scene, on two motorcycles.