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Rare Hostage Situation in Male’ Ends as Police Rescue Three Captives

Police rescued three Maldivian men held captive in a house on Abadhah Ufaa road in the Henveiru Ward of Male' this afternoon, after a tip-off. The men were tortured and taken to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital for medical evaluations, while a man and a male juvenile under 18 were taken into custody in connection with the kidnapping and an investigation is ongoing.

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  • under the age of 18 Age of detained male juvenile suspect Maldives Republic Authorities have taken into custody a man and a male juvenile, under the age of 18, in connection with the kidnapping.

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