Mohamed Nasheed, the former Maldives president and current speaker of parliament, remains in hospital after a bomb attack that left him with serious shrapnel wounds and the Indian Ocean archipelago in shock.
The 53-year-old had just left his house in the capital, Male, and was about to get into his car late on Thursday when a bomb attached to a motorbike exploded. Residents said the blast was heard across the city.
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed injured in Male explosion. #MohamedNasheed pic.twitter.com/eI9PsuE3QL
— Gulf Today (@gulftoday) May 6, 2021
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Source: Al Jazeera/Gulf Today/Twitter
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