Police and Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) personnel cordon off an area suspecting an explosive inside the engine compartment of a parked broken car in Male, Maldives, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. The same was later confirmed to be a hoax call.The president of the Maldives declared a state of emergency on Wednesday that sharply curtails key rights of citizens for 30 days following an explosion on his speedboat and the discoveries of a homemade bomb near his residence and a weapons cache. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan)

File photo of police and Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) personnel cordoning off an area suspecting an explosive inside the engine compartment of a parked broken car in Male, Maldives. (AP)

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed hurt in blast outside home: Local media

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Reuters, Male

Published: 06 May ,2021: 08:44 PM GST Updated: 06 May ,2021: 08:49 PM GST

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was injured in a blast outside his home on Thursday, local media reported.

Images from state TV channel PSM showed security services securing the scene of the incident in the capital Male. A foreign tourist was also injured, the channel reported.

A spokesman for Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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