Maldives: Former President Mohamed Nasheed injured in blast

| May 07, 2021, 08:48:04 AM | Times Now
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Maldives' first democratically elected president and currently the Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a blast in a suspected assassination bid. The blast took place near his home in Male and Nasheed was being treated in a hospital. Nasheed became the first democratically elected leader of the archipelago state in 2008 after a 30-year autocratic rule. He served as president from 2008 until 2012.