Source:
Reuters
MALE: Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a blast outside his family home on Thursday, police said in a statement. Following an explosion. Speaker of Parliament President Mohamed Nasheed has sustained injuries and is currently receiving treatment at ADK Hospital, the statement said.
Images from state TV channel PSM showed security services securing the scene of the incident in the capital Male. A foreign tourist was also injured, the channel reported. Strongly condemn the attack on Speaker of Parliament, President Mohamed Nasheed this evening, the country`s foreign minister Abdulla Shahid, a member of Nasheed`s Maldivian Democratic Party, said in a tweet.
Former Maldives president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a blast outside his family home on Thursday, police said in a statement.
“Following an explosion … Speaker of Parliament President Mohamed Nasheed has sustained injuries and is currently receiving treatment at ADK Hospital [in the capital Male],” the statement said on Thursday.
Two close family members, who asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the situation, told Reuters news agency that Nasheed was talking and responsive before being treated under anaesthesia at the hospital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, a close ally of Nasheed, said an investigation into the explosion was under way.