Two held in connection with terror attack on former Maldives president Nasheed ANI | Updated: May 08, 2021 15:07 IST
Male [Maldives], May 8 (ANI): The Maldives Police on Saturday arrested two individuals in connection with the blast in which former presidentMohamed Nasheed suffered injuries. Two individuals have been arrested in connection to #May06TerrorAttack. More information will be shared in a press briefing this afternoon, Maldives Police tweeted
In a statement, the police said that all necessary resources available and forensic teams are being utilised to aid the investigation of the blast that took place in Neelaofary Hingum.
On Thursday night, an explosion took place near Nasheed s residence as he was getting in his car. Four more people were injured in this attack, according to the Police.
The private ADK hospital said Friday evening that Nasheed was “in a critical condition in intensive care”.
In a televised address to the nation, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announced that a team from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) would arrive Saturday to help with the investigation into the blast.
Solih described the attack as an assault on the fledgling democracy, promising the perpetrators “would face the full force of the law”.
Police said officials from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have also been asked to assist in the investigation.
Maldivian police said they were treating Thursday’s bomb attack as a “deliberate act of terror” and urged the public to provide any information that could identify the perpetrators.
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Mohamed Nasheed is a former Amnesty International prisoner of conscience who became the country s first democratically elected president in 2008.
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MALE - Former Maldives president and current parliamentary speaker Mohamed Nasheed underwent more surgery Friday following an assassination attempt, as the country s leader vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Following the Thursday night assassination attempt, Nasheed underwent three surgical procedures to remove shrapnel from his lungs and liver, officials said.
In a televised address to the nation, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announced that a team from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) would arrive on Saturday to aid the investigation.
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