Police: IS sympathizers behind attempt on ex-Maldives leader
A Maldives group that sympathizes with the Islamic State group carried out an assassination attempt in May on former President Mohamed Nasheed, police said. The suspected ringleader, identified only as Thasleem, was arrested on Saturday in the southern Addu atoll, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mohamed Riaz told reporters. Nasheed was injured in a May 6 blast outside his home in the capital, Male.
news.yahoo.comEx-Maldives president flies to Germany to treat blast wounds
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who was critically wounded in an explosion, was released from the hospital on Thursday and flown to Germany for further treatment, his family and the hospital said. Nasheed, 53, was wounded in the blast last week that authorities blamed on Muslim extremists. Two of his bodyguards and two apparent bystanders, including a British citizen, were also wounded by what police say was a homemade explosive device containing ball bearings attached to a motorbike parked near the ex-president’s car.
news.yahoo.comPolice: Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed injured in blast
Maldives' first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital in the capital, police said. Nasheed, now 53, became the first democratically elected leader of the archipelago state after a 30-year autocratic rule. In 2019, Nasheed was elected Parliament speaker and has remained an influential political figure in the country.
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