COLOMBO: A lawyer for the Maldives’ jailed former president was stabbed in the islands’ capital ahead of a visit by his international legal team, including leading human rights activist Amal Clooney, his party said Saturday.
Lawyer Mahfooz Saeed underwent emergency surgery and was in a stable condition following the attack Friday evening in Male, ex-leader Mohamed Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) said.
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