The 19 year old man arrested for the child sexual abuse of two children in Hulhumale has been given a remand duration of 12 days.

The man was arrested around 2:48pm after police received reports of the sexual abuse of a six year old boy and an eight year old boy by the man, around 1:00pm.

Videos circulating on social media reveal the man confessing to sexually abusing the children repeatedly and hitting them as well as a graphic description of what he did to the children.