Killers remain at large 5 days into Qasim’s murder

Police confirm it has yet to make an arrest in connection to the murder of taxi driver Qasim Hassan in suburban Hulhumale’.

Qasim, 59, was found stabbed to death in an isolated street in Hulhumale’ at approximately 9:07 pm on Wednesday, December 4.

He was found approximately 20 feet away from his taxi which was found crashed on a street light.

The police confirm the case is under investigation by the Serious and Organized Crime Department in collaboration with the Forensic Department.

The police have declined to make any further comment as it remains an open investigation.

Qasim was already dead when found and taken to the Hulhumale’ Hospital.

Hospital officials disclosed he sustained deep stab wounds to his neck and hand.

Several taxi drivers who spoke to Sun reported witnessing him getting threated by a young man on a motorcycle on Wednesday afternoon, hours ahead of his murder.

Many of his friends who spoke to Sun said they could not think of any reason why anyone would want him dead. They also contest the theory that it had been a robbery gone wrong, given that he had money inside his pockets and his phone on the dashboard of the taxi when the police arrived at the scene.