Former Maldives president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a bomb blast outside his family home on Thursday, the police said in a statement.
“ …Nasheed has sustained injuries and is currently receiving treatment at ADK Hospital [in the capital Male],” the statement said on Thursday.
Maldives Home Minister Imran Abdulla said Nasheed’s injuries were not life-threatening, adding that the government will receive the assistance of foreign agencies in its investigation.
An unidentified Maldivian government official told AFP that it was an assassination attempt on the former president.
Aljazeera quoted a family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, to have said that Nasheed, 53, had sustained several wounds.
“They have put him under anaesthesia. There is a deeper cut on one of his arms.” he said.
The family member said Nasheed was responsive and spoke with doctors as he was taken in with shrapnel injuries.
One of Nasheed bodyguards was also wounded in the blast and was taken to hospital, Aljazeera reports.
