Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed off life support, promises to ‘come back stronger’

Maldives police said they are on the lookout for further suspects involved in the blast.

Maldives parliamentary Speaker and , who survived an assassination attempt on May 6, is off life support and conscious, his family said on Saturday, while police arrested two persons in connection with the explosion. Maldives police said they are on the lookout for further suspects involved in the blast, that they termed an “act of terror”, outside Mr. Nasheed’s home in capital Male. The attack, they said, appeared to have links with religious extremists, according to local media. Meanwhile, , according to family members. “The doctors are very happy with recovery progress. He is out of life support and breathing on his own. Managed to exchange a few words. Promised to come back stronger. I believe him,” his brother Ibrahim Nashid said in a tweet on Saturday. Mr. Nasheed remained in a critical condition on Friday following complex, “life-saving” surgeries, hospital authorities had earlier said.