Bomb Attack On Ex-Maldives President Linked To Islamic Extremists: Police

Mohamed Nasheed, the president of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party and the current parliament speaker, was critically injured after a bomb exploded as he left his family home in the capital Malé on Thursday.

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is conscious after life-saving surgery, his family said on Saturday, as police made two arrests in connection with a blast they said was being treated as a terror attack. Nasheed, the president of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party and the current parliament speaker, was critically injured after a bomb exploded as he left his family home in the capital Malé on Thursday. Police and prosecutors on Saturday said they had arrested two men linked to Islamic extremism in connection with the blast. "From the people arrested so far and the information we have, there is a link to extremism," Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem told reporters.