No arrests yet in Abdul Rahman’s murder; body being flown overseas for autopsy

The police confirmed on Monday morning that they have yet to make an arrest in the murder of elderly man from AA. Maalhos, who was brutally attacked the previous day as he slept in his home.

Abdul Rahman Adam, 65, Orchidmaage in AA. Maalhos, was rushed to the local health center at around 01:50 am on Sunday after he was found bleeding in his bedroom. According to the police, he was inflicted “serious injuries” while he was sleeping in his home, and died a couple of hours later at the health center.

Abdul Rahman and his wife Nazima Ibrahim, a council assistant at the Maalhos Council, had been living alone at the time of the murder. The couple have three children, two of whom reside in other islands. Meanwhile the third, an ambulance driver for the Maalhos Health Center, had been away in Male’ at the time of the murder.

A special investigative team from the capital is in Maalhos to investigate the case.

However, a police spokesperson confirmed to Sun on Monday morning that they have yet to make an arrest in the case.

Abdul Rahman’s body was transported to Male’ on Sunday evening, and is set to be flown overseas for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Sun had been informed through a credible source that Abdul Rahman died from serious injuries to his head. However, the exact nature of the injuries is unclear.

Abdul Rahman was a fisherman, and was often away from home working on fishing boats from other islands.

His son, Ahmed Nimal told Sun that that his parents slept in separate rooms on Saturday night. His mother woke up from her sleep to the sound of someone running out of the house.

She looked out of her bedroom to find the main door to the house ajar.

“She went into my father’s room and found so much blood,” said a distraught Nimal.

Nimal told Sun that the house has two doors, one of which is usually left unlocked.

Nimal said that he cannot think of anyone who could have committed such a horrific act, neither can he think of anyone who harbored resentment or any ill will towards his father.

This feeling of bewilderment is echoed by local residents, who report that Abdul Raheem and his family lived a simple life, and cannot think of anyone who had a grudge against him or any possible motivation for his murder.