An expatriate has succumbed to injuries after being assaulted in Hulhumalé.
Maldives Police Service (MPS) revealed that they received information of the assault with a sharp weapon inside a restaurant in Hulhumalé, on Saturday evening.
A team of police officers was dispatched to the area shortly after the report was received.
The injured Bangladeshi man was rushed to the hospital immediately. However, doctors had pronounced the man dead a short while after he was brought in for treatment.
Sources report that the assault took place between the chef and a waiter at Khanji restaurant in Hulhumalé. The waiter ިis reported to have attacked the chef with a knife. The latter succumbed to stab injuries just before sundown on Saturday.
Officers were active at the crime scene.
