Maldives: Ex-president Mohamed Nasheed critical after ‘terror attack’ as police try to identify four possible suspects |

The speaker of the Maldives parliament, who is also the former president, is in a critical condition in hospital following an explosion which is being treated as a terror attack.

Mohamed Nasheed, 53, is in intensive care after he was badly injured in the blast outside his home in the capital Male on Thursday night as he was about to get into his car.

Two of his bodyguards and two apparent bystanders, including a Briton, were also wounded in the explosion, said police.

Officers say they are trying to identify four possible suspects but no…