Maafushi prison break inmate dead after swallowing pharmaceutical tablets: police

Police early Wednesday said that there has been a prison break at the prison in Maafushi island in South Male atoll.

Around 400 inmates broke out of the prison around 2:30am and broke into the pharmaceutical shop and clinic at the prison, police said.

Three inmates swallowed a lot of tablets, leading to the death of one of them, police said. The inmate who died was identified as Muslih Abbas from M. Zaithoonige (house), Male. Muslih was convicted of drug offences, police said.