Armed police units and security forces cordoned off the area where the attack took place. MALE, Maldives: Former Maldives president and current parliamentary speaker Mohamed Nasheed was recovering in hospital on Friday after an assassination attempt left him with shrapnel wounds.
"Strongly condemn the attack on Speaker of Parliament, President Mohamed Nasheed this evening. Cowardly attacks like these have no place in our society," Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid said in a tweet. The government has cracked down on extremism and preaching is highly regulated, but violent attacks have been rare. However, a dozen foreign tourists were wounded by a bomb blast in Male in 2007.
But the pro-democracy pioneer is maybe best known internationally for holding a 2009 underwater Cabinet meeting to highlight the threat of global warming, signing documents as officials wore scuba gear against a backdrop of coral reefs.
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