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Maldivian Police Arrest Third Suspect in Attack on Ex-President Nasheed

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Maldivian Police Arrest Third Suspect in Attack on Ex-President Nasheed

11:53 GMT 09.05.2021 (Updated: 11:58 GMT 09.05.2021)

Police secure a site after a suspected bomb blast injured former Maldives president and current parliament speaker Mohamed Nasheed in Male on May 6, 2021. - Sputnik International, 1920, 09.05.2021

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Maldives police said on Sunday that they had arrested a third person in connection with the attack on parliament speaker and former president Mohamed Nasheed.

The first two suspects were arrested as part of the probe into the incident on Saturday.

We can confirm that a third individual has been arrested in connection to #May06TerrorAttack early today.

We will keep sharing more developments as the investigation continues.

Please use https://t.co/jnzTcz2neU to share information related to #May06TerrorAttack
— Maldives Police (@PoliceMv) May 9, 2021

The 53-year-old politician was injured in a bomb blast in the capital of Male on Thursday and is currently recovering in hospital. The incident reportedly occurred near Nasheed's home and injured two other people — his bodyguard and a bystander, who was identified as a foreign citizen. Police qualified the incident as a terrorist attack specifically targeting Nasheed.