Attempted assassination of Mohamed Nasheed

Attempted assassination of Mohamed Nasheed
Attempted assassination of Mohamed Nasheed
	Ambulance carrying President Nasheed after attempted assassination
Location	04°10′30.4″N 73°30′39.7″E / 4.175111°N 73.511028°E; Malé, Maldives
Date	6 May 2021 ; 20:39 (UTC+5)
Target	Mohamed Nasheed
Weapons	IED
Deaths	None
Injured	5 (including Nasheed)
Perpetrators	Adhuham Ahmed Rasheed; Abdulla Ali Manik;
Motive	Religious extremism
Accused	9
Charges	Mujaz: Terrorism and aiding a fugitive; Thahmeen: Terrorism, conspiracy, support for a terrorist group, and transporting explosives; Haisham: Terrorism, conspiracy, and transporting explosives; Fahumy: Participation in an act of terrorism; Nazim: Conspiracy to commit terrorism; Ishaq: Transporting explosives, conspiracy, and participation in terrorism;
Verdict	Ahmed Adhuham – Guilty (23 years); Abdulla Ali Manik – Guilty (5 years); Mohamed Thasleem – Acquited;
Convictions	Adhuham: Terrorism and Support for a terrorist group; Manik: Supporting a terrorist group;
Convicted	2
Judge	Adam Mohamed (2021–2022); Sofwath Habeeb (2021–2022; 2022–present); Mohamed Misbah (2021–2022); Dheebanaz Fahmy (2022–2022); Hussain Faiz (2022–2022);

On 6 May 2021, an assassination attempt was made against Maldivian Speaker of the People's Majlis and former president Mohamed Nasheed near his home in Malé. At 20:39 MVT (UTC+5), a homemade explosive device planted on a parked motorcycle exploded, injuring Nasheed and four others. Maldivian authorities allege it to be a terrorist attack by religious 'extremists'. Three suspects have been arrested. The arrested suspects denied being involved; all three of them had prior criminal records.

The then-Maldivian president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih described the explosion as "an attack on Maldives' democracy and economy" and has promised a "swift and thorough" investigation, warning that the perpetrators will "face the full force of the law".