Thu 06 May 2021:
Maldivian parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed, who is also the country’s former president, has been injured in an explosion that took place in Male, local police said on Thursday.
“Following an explosion on Neeloafaru Magu in Male, Speaker of Parliament President Mohamed Nasheed has sustained injuries and is currently receiving treatment at ADK Hospital,” police tweeted.
There were no details of the injuries suffered by Nasheed. At least one of his bodyguards was also taken to hospital.
Residents in Male said the blast was heard across the capital.
Officers are currently working on the scene and ask the public not to enter the impacted area until further notice.
According to local newspaper Sun Online, the blast occurred near Nasheed’s home and injured two other people his bodyguard and a bystander, who was identified as a foreign citizen.
Nasheed became parliament speaker, the Indian Ocean nation’s second most powerful position, following his party’s landslide victory in elections in April 2019.
He became the country’s first democratically elected president after winning the first multi-party elections in 2008. He was toppled in a coup in 2012 and was unable to contest the 2018 presidential elections after he was convicted of criminal charges.
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