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Boy Scout Saves Maldives Leader
January 8, 2008 by Muir Scouter.
From the Associated Press:
(01-08) 07:18 PST COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The president of Maldives was saved from assassination Tuesday when a boy scout grabbed the knife of an attacker who had jumped out of a crowd greeting the leader, an official said.
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was not hurt, but his shirt was ripped when the attacker tried to stab him before the boy and security guards intervened during the event on the small island of Horafushi, said government spokesman Mohammad Shareef.
“This fellow in the crowd with a knife in his hand attempted to stab the president in his stomach,” Shareef said by telephone from Male, the capital of Maldives. “But a 15-year-old boy came in the way, and grabbed the knife. One brave boy saved the president’s life.” . . .
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