arnisador
02-05-2008, 10:32 PM
Nation lauds boy who foiled bid to stab premier (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22575018/)
Plucky teen, a Boy Scout, stopped assassination attempt in Maldives (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22575018/)
Residents of the Maldives showered praise Wednesday on a 15-year-old Boy Scout who foiled an attempt to assassinate the president of this island nation by grabbing the attacker's knife.
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The attacker hid a knife in the Maldivian flag as he awaited Gayoom's arrival, then sprang toward the president, Shareef said. Ibrahim reached out and grabbed the blade, and he was cut on the hand, according to the government.
"There was blood on the president's shirt, but it was not his but the boy's," Shareef said.
"His wound was stitched, but later he complained that he could not move some of his fingers," Shareef said, adding the youngster was flown to the Maldives' capital, Male, for treatment.
Brave young man! He was willing to risk injury to save his president.
Plucky teen, a Boy Scout, stopped assassination attempt in Maldives (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22575018/)
Residents of the Maldives showered praise Wednesday on a 15-year-old Boy Scout who foiled an attempt to assassinate the president of this island nation by grabbing the attacker's knife.
[...]
The attacker hid a knife in the Maldivian flag as he awaited Gayoom's arrival, then sprang toward the president, Shareef said. Ibrahim reached out and grabbed the blade, and he was cut on the hand, according to the government.
"There was blood on the president's shirt, but it was not his but the boy's," Shareef said.
"His wound was stitched, but later he complained that he could not move some of his fingers," Shareef said, adding the youngster was flown to the Maldives' capital, Male, for treatment.
Brave young man! He was willing to risk injury to save his president.