Blogger found stabbed to death in the Maldives
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Sri Lankan woman points to a portrait of Maldivian blogger Yameen Rasheed on his blog "The Daily Panic" in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 23, 2017. Police in the Maldives said in a statement that Rasheed was found Sunday morning with multiple stab wounds in a house in the capital, Male. He died at a hospital. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) (The Associated Press)
Police in the Maldives say they're investigating the stabbing death of a prominent blogger and social media activist.
Police said in a statement that Yameen Rasheed was found Sunday morning with multiple stab wounds in a house in the capital, Male. He died at a hospital.
The motive for his killing was not immediately known.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rasheed was an advocate of human rights and freedom of speech. He discussed politics and other social issues on the internet, including health, migrant labor rights and policing. He was a friend of journalist Ahmed Rilwan, who went missing in 2014 after being abducted, and has been in the forefront in the campaign to locate him.