'I'm good', says former Maldives president Nasheed after surviving bomb blast

People gather as Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih arrives at Adk Hospital to visit speaker of parliament and former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed who is treated following a car blast attack

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 Male on Thursday. Police on Saturday said they had made two arrests in connection with the blast, without giving further details. ‘I'm good,’ Nasheed said after coming off life support, according to a tweet by his sister Nashida Sattar.