Maldives arrests 2 over attack on ex-president

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MALE, Maldives: Maldives police have arrested two people over an assassination attempt on former president Mohamed Nasheed who has been taken off ...

on former president Mohamed Nasheed who has been taken off life support, officials and relatives said on Saturday .

Australian Federal Police officers and two experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime were expected to join the investigation on Saturday.The 53-year-old, who is now the Maldives' second most powerful leader as speaker of parliament, spoke with his family to say he was feeling"much better", his sister Nashida Sattar said."He is out of life support and breathing on his own. I managed to exchange a few words. He promised to come back stronger and I believe him.

"The improvised explosive device was triggered using a remote control," an MNDF official told reporters in the capital Male.President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih thanked Nasheed's medical team and said he prayed for his"quick recovery and return - stronger and steadier than ever". Nasheed had been vocal on the need to bring to justice 72 suspects in a US$90 million theft case dating from the tenure of former strongman president Abdulla Yameen.

 

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