'Boycott' Maldives call: Mohamed Muizzu, who took over as president last year, took a pledge to remove Indian soldiers and alter Maldives's India-first policy.
Police said they now have three of four suspects in custody. Thursday's blast targeted Mohamed Nasheed, currently the speaker of Parliament, who is recovering in a hospital after multiple surgeries.
Hospital officials said on Saturday that Nasheed, 53, was conscious and no longer needed breathing support, but remains in an intensive care unit after initial life-saving surgeries to his head, chest, abdomen and limbs.
The explosion went off as former president Mohamed Nasheed was getting into his car in the capital city of Male, an official from his Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) said.