A young Indian national under the influence has attacked and attempted murder of a local taxi driver last night in Hulhumale'.

Police Media Official said that the potentially fatal attack on a taxi driver in Hulhumale' was reported at 12:33 a.m. last night. Maldives Police Service arrested an intoxicated 25-year-old Indian national in connection to the crime.

Sources say that the young man took off his shirt and attempted to strangle the driver which caused the car to crash in to a parked motorcycle.

While the police investigates the case further, the suspect has been remanded by ten days.

A taxi driver was stabbed in the neck and killed in Hulhumale' in a mugging on 4 December 2019.