A car was torched and a man was injured during the disturbances which occurred between the residents of Addu atoll Maradhoo and Feydhoo on Friday night.
The injured man is now being treated in Hithadhoo Regional Hospital’s ICU ward. The man had sustained severe wounds due to the fight. The man’s family had however declined to give any further details to reporters on the incident. A police official had also said that family members had refused to give certain details on the case and had not cooperated with the investigation of the case.
The incident had occurred around 6:30pm after a match between Maradhoo and Feydhoo at Hithadhoo Stadium. Supporters of both islands were on their way home when the fight had broken out. The first fight had begun when a group of Maradhoo residents had tried to stop a car being driven by Feydhoo residents. The Feydhoo residents had kept on driving without slowing the car and had in the end crashed into a cycle. The rider of the cycle was severely injured in the accident.
The Maradhoo group had then stopped the car and beaten the Feydhoo residents who were in the car. According to an eyewitness, one of the three men who were inside the car had managed to escape. After the fight the Maradhoo gang had then smashed the back window of the car. The car was a taxi belonging to Feydhoo Zoom taxi services.
In addition, a car belonging to Maradhoo man was set on fire later that night around 12:00am after a group of Feydhoo residents had stopped it and beaten up the men inside. The car was destroyed beyond use. According to an eyewitness, the Feydhoo gang had stopped the Maradhoo car while it was being driven through Feydhoo and that the tires of the car were also punctured before it was set on fire.
According to a police official the case is now being investigated and two people have been arrested in connection to the serial gang fights. The two people arrested were an 18-year-old youth and a 23-year-old man. The official also added that the people mostly involved in the gang fights were underage youths.
“We would like to request people to report it to either police or the Island Office if such an incident occurs,” said the police official. “We also urge people to corporate with the investigation. And we are still working on apprehending the people who were involved with the fights.”
Serial gang fights between Maradhoo and Feydhoo has recently been on the increase.
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