Trial of two in Shihab murder case reopened 18 years later

The trial of two out of four accused in the 2006 murder of Mohamed Shihab in Gaafu Alifu Maamendhoo has begun for the third time, 18 years after the incident.

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One of the accused in the Shihab murder case

Malika Shahid

2024-12-11 13:32:29

The trial of two out of four accused in the 2006 murder of Mohamed Shihab in Gaafu Alifu Maamendhoo has begun for the third time, 18 years after the incident.

The case had previously been revisited in 2019 after the High Court ordered a retrial of Mohamed Shifraz and Ali Masood Saeed, who were sentenced to capital punishment by the Criminal Court in 2008.

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