Commissioner of Police, Mohamed Hameed has said that suspicious people have been noticed at the area of the attack on the Speaker of the Parliament, former President Mohamed Nasheed.

Speaking at a police press conference today, Commissioner Hameed said that the attack last night was a terrorist attack that was intended to assassinate the former President.

He said that four people believed to be connected to the attack have been noticed and the police are working to identify them.

Commissioner Hameed said that there are people capable of carrying out such an attack even in Maldivian prisons. He said that no intelligence information was received prior to the attack but the intelligence gathering has been strengthened in the aftermath.

The former President is currently in the ICU at ADK Hospital after going through two surgeries while three of his bodyguards who were also injured in the attack have been released after treatment.

Family of the former President Nasheed has said that he is no longer in critical condition.