'Shrapnel missed Nasheed’s heart by one centimeter'

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ADK Hospital said on Saturday that shrapnel from Thursday’s blast shattered Parliament Speaker, former President Mohamed Nasheed’s fourth rib, missing his heart by just one centimeter. The blast, treated by police as a targeted terror attack to assassinate Nasheed, 53, took place at 08:27 pm on Thursday. A homemade remote-controlled IED was strapped to motorcycle parked nearby Nasheed’s residence, and was detonated