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Man Acquitted in 2020 Addu Knife Attack Fined in Separate Disorderly Conduct Case

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November 08, 2026
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A local magistrate court in Addu City has issued a financial penalty against a man previously acquitted in a violent stabbing incident, ruling on a separate matter involving public disorder and disruptive behavior.

The Feydhoo Magistrate Court found Ahmed Looth, a resident of Shabnamee Villa in Feydhoo, guilty of creating a public nuisance and disturbance during an incident that occurred last year. The presiding magistrate ordered Looth to pay a fine of five thousand four hundred Maldivian Rufiyaa to the state treasury within a designated two month timeframe.

Looth had previously been one of three individuals standing trial for a high profile knife attack outside the Maldivian office premises in Gan.That violent incident resulted in the victim sustaining eleven separate three-inch deep stab wounds to his back.Although the state pursued criminal prosecution over the serious assault, the court ultimately acquitted Looth of the stabbing charges. Judicial officials clarified that the newly imposed fine relates strictly to the public disorder offense and bears no legal connection to the earlier acquitted violent crime.



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