Former Maldives president wounded in assassination bid

Maldives former President Mohamed Nasheed

Former Maldives president and current parliamentary speaker Mohamed Nasheed underwent more surgery Friday following an assassination attempt but his condition was described as stable. The Indian Ocean archipelago's first democratically elected leader was seriously injured when a device attached to a motorcycle was detonated as he got into a car in the capital late Thursday, an official said. ‘Nasheed escaped an assassination attempt,’ a Maldivian government official told AFP. ‘He is injured, but his condition is stable.’ The private ADK hospital said the 53-year-old required further surgery following a thorough assessment of his condition.