A lawyer for jailed former Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed has been stabbed here in an attack by four masked men, ahead of a visit by his international legal team — including human rights lawyer Amal Clooney.
Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) lawyer Mahfooz Saeed was stabbed in the head on Friday and is now out of danger after an emergency surgery at the state-run Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH).
Mahfooz, who is a member of former President Nasheed’s legal team, was stabbed in the left side of his head while he was on his motorbike.
The knife had missed his eye-socket by a few millimetres. IGMH spokesperson Zeenath Ali Habeeb qas quoted as saying by Haveeru online that Mahfooz had undergone emergency surgery last evening.
“Doctors say the three-hour operation was very successful. luckily he hasn’t lost sight in his left eye,” she said.