Building set on fire

On Saturday September 20, 2003 civil unrest broke out in Malé, the capital city of the Maldives. This unrest was provoked by the death of Hassan Evan Naseem at Maafushi Prison - located on a separate inhabited Island - and the subsequent shooting at the same prison, that killed 3 and injured 17 others. Image File history File links 2003 Maldives civil unrest source: http://www. ... Image File history File links 2003 Maldives civil unrest source: http://www. ... Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial view of Malé Malé (މާލެ), population 81,647 (2004), is the capital of the Republic of Maldives. ... In Western culture, skeletons are often the symbol of death. ... Evan Naseem Hassan Evan Naseem (ހަސަން Þ‡Þ©ÞˆÞ§Þ‚Þ° ނަސީމް)o(1984 - September 19, 2003), commonly referred to as Evan Naseem, is the person whose death became a lever for the current, open, political reform activities in the Maldives. ... A habit is the usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained. ...

Many Government buildings, vehicles and other properties were set on fire, some were fully destroyed. The government controlled the unrest by around 2300hrs and declared a State of Emergency in Malé and nearby islands. Late night curfew from 2200hrs to 0430hrs was imposed in Malé for more than a month following the riot. Building is either the act of creating an object assembled from more than one element, or the object itself. ... Vehicles are non-living means of transport. ... A large bonfire Fire is a form of combustion. ... Aerial view of Malé Malé (މާލެ), population 81,647 (2004), is the capital of the Republic of Maldives. ...

Evan's death

Evan Naseem

On Friday September 19, 2003, Hassan Evan Naseem, who was serving at Maafushi Jail for drugs abuse related offences, was beaten by the NSS personnel of the security unit in the jail. This led to Evan's death the following day! The beating came about as punishment for the disturbances from complicated disputes between Evan's inmates and "neighboring" prisoners. To control the "disturbances" caused by these disputes (and reportedly to investigate this incident) security personnel came with a list of "troublemakers". Though it is said that, Evan was not involved in the above mentioned incident his name appeared on the list. The security guards then had gone in to round-up the listed prisoners . Evan had resisted and had refused to leave his cell, demanding reasons for his summoning. This resitance ended up injuring a security guard which led to numerous members of the security unit storming into the cell. Evan was then isolated and handcuffed in a place reffered to as "range" (the place to isolate and punish the prisoners.) On the same night he was severely beaten up by 12 officers. He died in the early morning of September 20, 2003, largely due to injuries sustained to his lungs from the said beating. Image File history File links Hassan Evan Naseem This work is copyrighted. ... Friday is the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Evan Naseem Hassan Evan Naseem (ހަސަން Þ‡Þ©ÞˆÞ§Þ‚Þ° ނަސީމް)o(1984 - September 19, 2003), commonly referred to as Evan Naseem, is the person whose death became a lever for the current, open, political reform activities in the Maldives. ... Drug abuse has a wide range of definitions, all of them relating to the use or overuse of a drug for a nontherapeutic effect . ... The National Security Service (NSS), the armed forces of Maldives was founded in 1978 after President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom came to power. ... Evan Naseem Hassan Evan Naseem (ހަސަން އީވާން ނަސީމް)o(1984 - September 19, 2003), commonly referred to as Evan Naseem, is the person whose death became a lever for the current, open, political reform activities in the Maldives. ... A controversy is a contentious dispute, a disagreement over which parties are actively arguing. ... ... Security is being free from danger. ... A guard is either a person or an organisation. ... Isolation can refer to: Isolation as a psychological phenomenon. ... A pair of metal double-locking police handcuffs A woman cuffed with handcuffs and thumbcuffs Handcuffs are devices to secure two wrists close together. ... Night is the time when a location is facing away from the Sun, and thus dark. ... Beating is striking more than once, in violence, beating a drum, etc. ... The word morning referred originally to the sunrise, but has been extended to mean the whole early part of the day, from dawn to noon. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The heart and lungs (from an older edition of Grays Anatomy) The lung is an organ belonging to the respiratory system and interfacing to the circulatory system of air-breathing vertebrates. ...

Shooting incident

Abdulla Ameen died instantly due to head-shot

Inmates of Evan Naseem learnt of his death at around 1100hrs, of 20 September 2003. On receiving this news, they demanded to meet with a Security officer from Department of corrections. There was no response to these repeated demands. Some of the prisoners refused to take lunch to reflect their concern about the death of Evan Naseem. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 82 KB)2003 Maldives civil unrest source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 82 KB)2003 Maldives civil unrest source: http://www. ... In Western culture, skeletons are often the symbol of death. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... News is essentially new information or current events. ... Security is being free from danger. ... Any holder of an office or of a post may bear the title officer. ... A response is the following: Often a response is the result of a stimulus. ... This article is about waste matter. ... Lunch is a meal that is taken at noon or in the early afternoon. ...

Funeral prayers were performed by Evan's inmates and many other prisoners, after mid-day prayers. Shortly afterwards came a loud uproar from Block C where Evan's cell was located. Two inmates, then, jumped out of cell C3 after corrugated iron sheets being pushed open. More prisoners followed them and attacked jail security unit personnel. They tried calm the prisoners down for a while and then dispersed when the prisoners refused to withdraw their attack. By now more inmates came out of the Block C and opened other Blocks, facilitating more prisoners to come out. Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A funeral is a ceremony marking a persons death. ... Prayer is an effort to communicate with a God, or to some deity or deities, either to offer praise to the deity, to make a request of the deity, or simply to express ones thoughts and emotions to the deity. ... See Loudness. ... Jump is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In military science, an attack is the aggressive attempt to conquer enemy territory, installations, personnel, or equipment or to deny the enemy the use of territory, installations, personnel, or equipment, for example by destroying the equipment. ... When an addictive behavior is stopped or an addictive substance is withdrawn from use, withdrawal symptoms almost always follow. ...

Captain Adam Mohamed, in charge of security unit, was informed of this uprising. He issued instructions to block the premises. Upon Adam Mohamed's instruction to block the premises, Jail Security Unit personnel were issued riot gear. Prisoners on the loose confronted with this unit. Since the prisoners were highly out numbered; security personnel in riot gear soon retreated. Uprising is another word for rebellion. ... An instruction is a form of information which is communicated in order to explain how an action, behavior, method, or task is to be begun, completed, conducted, or executed. ... The word premise came from Latin praemisus meaning placed in front. See Premise (film) for an article discussing the use of the word in the film industry A premise (sometimes spelled premiss in philosophy) is a statement, usually put forth as part of a logical argument, that will be presumed...

The angry mob then turned to Captain Adam Mohamed himself. Mohamed Faseeh, a prisoner from the crowed, questioned him about the death of Evan Naseem, to which he did not respond reasonably. During this confrontation, Captain Adam Mohamed ordered security units to take arms. Sergeant Shahid Ali Manik shot the first shots into the air at 1230hrs. He then aimed and shot at Mohamed Faseeh without further warning. Subsequently Private Hassan Rifaau, Private Ahmed Mujuthaba Hussain and Private Mohamed Jinaah shot the prisoners. Some were shot from behind while retreating, others directly from the front. A question is any of several kinds of linguistic expressions normally used by a questioner to request the presentation of information back to the questioner, in the form of an answer, by the audience. ... A response is the following: Often a response is the result of a stimulus. ... For a definition of the word, see conflict. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... This article is about the rank of sergeant. ... Warning: is the 6th full length album by Green Day. ... The term shot may refer to: Shot (film) is part of a film between two cuts. ...

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Fatalities and casualties

A total of 20 people, including a security officer, were shot during the shooting incident at Maafushi prison. Fifteen of the 20 were shot above the knees and 9 of them were directly shot from behind while retreating. Six were shot from front and bullet entry points were not determinable in 5 persons. Abdualla Ameed died instantly due to being directly at his head. Two died at Sri Lankan hospital while being treated. Any holder of an office or of a post may bear the title officer. ... An x-ray of a human knee In human anatomy, the knee is the leg joint connecting the femur and the tibia. ... A front, in addition to its common dictionary meanings, may specifically refer to: a weather front, a boundary of two airmasses a military front, an area where armies are engaged in conflict a Front (Soviet Army), a major military subdivision of the Soviet Army a front organization or front company... 0. ... For other uses of the word head, see head (disambiguation). ...

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Unrest

Debri near High Court

Evan Naseem was taken to Indira Ghandhi Memorial Hospital, on September 20, 2003, in Malé. News of his death soon began to spread by word of mouth. By noon, many learnt about the death of Evan Naseem. People soon started gathering near the hospital to witness and to verify. Access was denied to the public and relatives, except for his mother and father. Image File history File links 2003 Maldives civil unrest source: http://www. ... Image File history File links 2003 Maldives civil unrest source: http://www. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aerial view of Malé Malé (މާލެ), population 81,647 (2004), is the capital of the Republic of Maldives. ... Sagittal section of nose mouth, pharynx, and larynx. ... This article is about witnesses in law courts. ... Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... Mother with her child (Sculpture) A mother is typically the biological or social female parent of a child or offspring while the male parent is the father. ... A father is the male parent of a child. ...

A large number of people gathered at his burial service. While people were at the cemetery, news of the shooting incident reached the already angry public. Civil unrest in Malé started with this news. Several police stations were set on fire, government buildings were attacked, and government vehicles were set on fire or destroyed by the angry mob. Among the key places target were The Elections Division office, the Majlis and the High Court. Underwater funeral in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seafrom an edition with drawings by Alphonse de Neuville and Edouard Riou. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery or graveyard is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... News is essentially new information or current events. ... Anger can be conveyed in many different ways. ... Civil disorder is a broad term that is typically used by law enforcement to describe one or more forms of disturbance. ... Building is either the act of creating an object assembled from more than one element, or the object itself. ... The term High Court could refer to one of the following institutions: High Court of England and Wales High Court of Australia The Four Courts of Ireland The High Court of Justiciary in Scotland And the 18 High Courts of India The High Court of Andhra Pradesh The High Court...

Tear gas drifted through the streets of Malé in late evening and police used force to control the mob when as they reached Shaheed Hussain Adam Building. By 2300hrs several people were arrested. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom addressed to the nation soon after controlling the riot. Order: 3rd President Term of office: November 11, 1978 – Preceded by: Ibrahim Nasir Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: December 29, 1937 Place of birth: First Lady: Nasreena Ibrahim Political party: Maldivian Peoples Party Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (Þ‰Þ¦Þ‡ÞªÞ‰Þ«Þ‚Þª އަބްދުލް ÞŽÞ¦Þ‡Þ°Þ”Þ«Þ‰Þ°) (born December 29, 1937), has been the president of the Republic of...

Investigation

President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom established a Presidential Commission on September 20, 2003 to investigate the death of Evan Naseem and the shooting incident at Maafushi Prison. The findings of the commission were released to the public with the title "Report on the Death of Hassan Evan Naseem" and "Investigative Findings on the Incident of Shooting at Maafushi jail" respectively. However, several sections from these public report were omitted due to national security concerns. Order: 3rd President Term of office: November 11, 1978 – Preceded by: Ibrahim Nasir Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: December 29, 1937 Place of birth: First Lady: Nasreena Ibrahim Political party: Maldivian Peoples Party Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (Þ‰Þ¦Þ‡ÞªÞ‰Þ«Þ‚Þª އަބްދުލް ÞŽÞ¦Þ‡Þ°Þ”Þ«Þ‰Þ°) (born December 29, 1937), has been the president of the Republic of... The Presidential Commission (Irish: Coimisiún Uachtarán) is the collective vice-presidency of the Republic of Ireland. ...

During the investigation, survivors were interviewed and investigation teams were sent to Navaloka Hospital and Apollo Hospital in Colombo where those who survived were being treated. Members of the commission visited Maafushi jail on two different occasions (September 23 and October 6, 2003) and Girifushi training center (on November 30) to obtain information on the nature of weapons used in shooting. For the American televison series see Columbo. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ...

Members of the Presidential Commission

• Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi - Chairperson
• Shaaheen Hameed
• Abdulla Saeed
• Aishath Mohamed Didi
• Dr. Mohamed Solih

External links

• Investigative Findings on the Incident of Shooting at Maafushi jail
• President's address to the Nation
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3128632.stm
• Image gallery of the shooting incident -- Be warned that these images are very graphic!