Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is in a critical condition following a bomb attack. A British national was among four others injured in the blast, which is being treated as a terrorist incident. No-one has claimed the attack. Australian police are travelling to the Maldives to help investigate.
Mr Nasheed was elected in 2008 but ousted in a coup four years later. He is now speaker of parliament - the nation's second-most powerful position. The Indian Ocean nation is known for its luxury holiday resorts, but has also faced political unrest and Islamist militant violence.
Mr Nasheed, 53, has been an outspoken critic of hardline Islamists.
President Ibrahim Solih described the explosion outside Mr Nasheed's home on Thursday night as "an attack on Maldives' democracy and economy".
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