Maldives former President Mohamed Nasheed speaks during a news conference ahead of the Maldives presidential election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka September 21, 2018 ReutersPolice said officials from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have also been asked to assist in the investigationFormer Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was in a "critical" condition on Friday following an assassination attempt, doctors said. Nasheed, 53, the Maldives' first democratically elected president and still an important figure in the island nation's murky politics, was rushed to hospital after an explosion on Thursday. The private ADK hospital said on Friday evening that Nasheed was "in a critical condition in intensive care." Police said officials from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have also been asked to assist in the investigation. Maldivian police said they were treating on Thursday's bomb attack as a "deliberate act of terror" and urged the public to provide any information that could identify the perpetrators.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 07, 2021 12:33 UTC