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Maldives Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed Wounded in Suspected Terrorist Attack, Cops Say
On 5/7/21 at 10:31 AM EDT
Police in the Maldives said Friday that an explosion that wounded former president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed and four others was an act of terrorism.
Nasheed, 53, was wounded in the blast outside his home Thursday night as he was about to get into his car, police said. He is being treated at a hospital in the capital of Male. While Nasheed had multiple surgeries to remove shrapnel, Home Minister Imran Abdulla told a local television station that the injuries were not life-threatening. Two of Nasheed s bodyguards and two apparent bystanders, including a British citizen, were also wounded.