Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed injured in explosion outside his home

The Maldives’ first president Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in an explosion outside his home and taken to hospital in Male (Mohamed Sharuhaan/AP)

The Maldives’ first president Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in an explosion outside his home and taken to hospital in Male.

The 53-year-old, who is the current parliament speaker and from 2008 to 2012 was the country’s first democratically elected president, was being treated for non-life threatening injuries, Home Minister Imran Abdulla told a local media outlet.