--- description: The First Lady and two members of his entourage were injured in the blast title: Blast on Maldives President's Boat Leaves Three Injured image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0cd37025982120/698865ba2dce017ef79e5bd6/rtx1ssky.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Maldives](/tag/maldives/) ## Maldives Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Escapes Unhurt After Explosion on His Boat by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 28, 2015 8:03 AM CUT  Officials carry an injured woman off the speed boat of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen (not pictured) after an explosion onboard, in Male, Maldives September 28, 2015. Officials carry an injured woman off the speed boat of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen (not pictured) after an explosion onboard, in Male, Maldives September 28, 2015.Waheed Mohamed—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 28, 2015 8:03 AM CUT An [explosion](http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/09/28/maldives-yameen-idINKCN0RS0CE20150928 "undefined") aboard a speedboat carrying the President of the Maldives left three people — including his wife — injured on Monday, although the President managed to escape unhurt. A bodyguard and an aide of President Abdulla Yameen’s entourage also suffered injuries from the blast, which took place as the boat was docking at the Indian Ocean archipelago’s capital city, Male, Reuters reported. The cause of the blast is not yet known, though Yameen had previously received threats from militants aligning themselves with the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). “The President is unhurt, but the First Lady was slightly injured,” Mohamed Hussain Shareef, a minister at the President’s office, told Reuters. “We don’t know if the explosion was from explosives or the inboard engine.” Ahmed Hahmdoon, a local journalist who was among a cluster of reporters awaiting the President’s arrival from a trip to the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca, [told](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/28/maldives-president-escapes-explosion-on-speedboat "undefined") the _Guardian_ that he heard the blast right after the boat reached the jetty. “The right door of the boat fell on the jetty and there was heavy smoke. People were screaming,” Hahmdoon said. Yameen, 56, has been President of the small island nation since 2013, when he defeated its first democratically elected President, Mohamed Nasheed, at the ballot box. Nasheed was subsequently [imprisoned](http://time.com/3718344/maldives-president-mohamed-nasheed-arrest-protests-charges-terrorism/ "undefined") on terrorism charges in February this year — a move that has led to backlash against Yameen from the international community and, along with a perceived crackdown on dissent, has negatively impacted a country mainly known for being a tourist paradise. | | | | ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4051674/maldives-president-abdulla-yameen-boat-blast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4051674/maldives-president-abdulla-yameen-boat-blast/"},"headline":"Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Escapes Unhurt After Explosion on His Boat","datePublished":"2015-09-28T08:03:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:18:25.330Z","description":"The First Lady and two members of his entourage were injured in the blast","url":"https://time.com/4051674/maldives-president-abdulla-yameen-boat-blast/","keywords":["Maldives","President","explosion","First Lady","South Asia","boat","injured"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0cd37025982120/698865ba2dce017ef79e5bd6/rtx1ssky.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f0cd37025982120/698865ba2dce017ef79e5bd6/rtx1ssky.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Officials carry an injured woman off the speed boat of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen after an explosion onboard, in Male, Maldives","caption":"Officials carry an injured woman off the speed boat of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen after an explosion onboard, in Male, Maldives","creditText":"Waheed Mohamed—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/maldives/","name":"Maldives"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4051674/maldives-president-abdulla-yameen-boat-blast/","name":"Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Escapes Unhurt After Explosion on His Boat"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kennedy's Assassination: How LIFE Brought the Zapruder Film to Light","description":"Former LIFE editor Richard Stolley shares the stranger-than-fiction tale of how he purchased Abraham Zapruder's film of JFK's murder -- \"the most infamous home movie in American history\" -- for LIFE magazine in 1963.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/L87Zsshe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-11-13T00:12:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/L87Zsshe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4051674/maldives-president-abdulla-yameen-boat-blast/","duration":"PT8M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4051674/maldives-president-abdulla-yameen-boat-blast/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```