Parliament’s Security Services Committee has made the decision to launch an inquiry the breach of Parliament Speaker, former President Mohamed Nasheed’s security on Thursday, when an IED was detonated outside his residence, leaving him severely wounded.
The committee made the decision during a meeting on Saturday night.
A homemade remote-controlled IED was strapped to motorcycle parked nearby Nasheed’s residence, and was detonated at 08:27 pm on Thursday, just as Nasheed, 53, exited his residence and went to get in his car. Nasheed was thrown to the ground and sustained multiple shrapnel wounds, while three members of his security detail and two bystanders sustained minor wounds.
He was rushed to ADK Hospital, where he underwent multiple lifesaving surgeries.
To be updated…