Boy scout foils bid to murder Maldives leader
‘One brave boy saved the president's life,’ spokesman says
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The president of the 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. “But a 15-year-old boy came in the way, and grabbed the knife. One brave boy saved the president’s life.”
The scout was identified as Mohamed Jaisham Ibrahim, who had lined up to welcome Gayoom, according to the president’s Web site.
The boy was injured in the hand by the knife. “His wound was stitched but later he complained that he could not move some of his fingers, so he was flown by a sea plane to Male,” Shareef said.
“There was blood on the president’s shirt, but it was not his but the boy’s. Still we got a physician to examine him,” Shareef said.
A photograph of the boy on the Web site of the Haveeru daily showed him wearing a blue scouting uniform with a blue kerchief around his neck waiting in line to greet the president.
Boy scouts in the Maldives are similar to their U.S. counterparts, receiving training in first aid and participating in activities such as camping. Like in the U.S., their motto is “Be prepared.”
The attacker had wrapped the knife in a Maldives national flag as he stood among a crowd waiting for Gayoom, 70.
A police Web site identified the attacker as Mohamed Murshid, 20. No motive was given, and other details were not disclosed.
More story in the link. Now, if ever a young man deserved it, its the boy who stopped an assassin with nothing but guts and his neckerchief.
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Damn, anytime you take on a guy with a weapon while possessing none yourself that's hardcore. The kid definately gets a BAMF nod.
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CmdrWilkens wrote:Damn, anytime you take on a guy with a weapon while possessing none yourself that's hardcore. The kid definately gets a BAMF nod.
Add to that, that you are talking about a guy with a weapon who was about to try and assassinate the president and the BAMF award rates even higher.
And he was a scout. In uniform. Seriously. Does it get more BAMF than that?
Yeah, but its not easy. You have to save an orphanage from a herd of stampeeding buffalo, while naked. And then nail the hot chick who runs the orphanage.
Its really the only way that doesn't involve some sort of spaceship.
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You kinda look like Jesus. With a lightsaber.- Peregrin Toker
Another Sri Lankan minister was blown up yesterday. Between him, Benazir and this what is wrong with the subcontinent ? Did someone change most favorite sport to high profile assasination on cable TV from cricket matches ?
I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie.
Sucks for the kid. Seems like his fingers are fucked. Those type of injuries never become 100% again.
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ArmorPierce wrote:Sucks for the kid. Seems like his fingers are fucked. Those type of injuries never become 100% again.
He is only 15 and the guy he saved is incredibly wealthy. He could be on the line to try out any breakthroughs in making new fingers.
or sit on lots of money as a reward, at least, not to mention the requisite 15 minutes of fame.
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