An elderly man who was reciting the Holy Quran inside the mosque near the Malé Hiyaa apartments was injured last Tuesday night when he was hit in the face by a thrown brick.
Mohamed Ahmed, 70, of Hiyaavahi / Noonu atoll Miladhoo, suffered injuries to his face in the attack, the man’s son, Ahmed Mohamed, said. He further said that his father had no idea who the attackers were. However, his father had been threatened many times by people who believed that he dabbled in black magic while he was in his native island.
Quoting the doctor who had treated his father, Ahmed said that his father had suffered three fractures in his skull near the forehead. He also said that his father had lost two teeth and suffered some injuries to his head. His father had also bled from his nose and mouth after the attack and his eyes were bloodshot, Ahmed said.
Doctors had advised him to take his father abroad for treatment as soon as possible, Ahmed said.
Mohamed Ahmed said that the incident wasn’t very clear in his mind and that other than he couldn’t remember much other than the fact that some people had attacked him while he was in the mosque.
“It’s still very painful,” he said, while admitted at the surgical ward of the Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital. “I can’t even stand up because I get light-headed. There’s still blood in my mouth.”
A Police Media Official said that the incident had been reported to the Police on Saturday.
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