<p>Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is conscious after life-saving surgery, his family said on Saturday, as police made two arrests in connection with a blast they said was being treated as a terror attack.</p>.<p>Nasheed, the president of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party and the current parliament speaker, was critically injured after a bomb exploded as he left his family home in the capital Male on Thursday.</p>.<p>Police on Saturday said they had made two arrests in connection with the blast, without giving further details.</p>.<p>"I'm good," Nasheed said after coming off life support, according to a tweet by his sister Nashida Sattar.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/former-maldives-president-mohamed-nasheed-critical-after-bomb-blast-983474.html" target="_blank">Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed critical after bomb blast</a></strong></p>.<p>His brother, Ibrahim Nashid, said doctors were happy with Nasheed's recovery.</p>.<p>"He is out of life support and breathing on his own," he said in a tweet. "Managed to exchange a few words. Promised to come back stronger. I believe him."</p>.<p>Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically-elected president, is an outspoken critic of Islamic extremism in the Sunni Muslim island archipelago, and has been instrumental in investigating graft allegations against opposition leaders.</p>.<p>The country has a reputation for political unrest.</p>.<p>Nasheed was deposed and exiled in what he called a coup in 2012, while in 2015, former President Abdulla Yameen escaped unharmed after an explosion on his speedboat.</p>.<p>In 2007, a blast that was blamed on Islamist militants targeted foreign tourists and injured 12 people.</p>
<p>Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is conscious after life-saving surgery, his family said on Saturday, as police made two arrests in connection with a blast they said was being treated as a terror attack.</p>.<p>Nasheed, the president of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party and the current parliament speaker, was critically injured after a bomb exploded as he left his family home in the capital Male on Thursday.</p>.<p>Police on Saturday said they had made two arrests in connection with the blast, without giving further details.</p>.<p>"I'm good," Nasheed said after coming off life support, according to a tweet by his sister Nashida Sattar.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/former-maldives-president-mohamed-nasheed-critical-after-bomb-blast-983474.html" target="_blank">Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed critical after bomb blast</a></strong></p>.<p>His brother, Ibrahim Nashid, said doctors were happy with Nasheed's recovery.</p>.<p>"He is out of life support and breathing on his own," he said in a tweet. "Managed to exchange a few words. Promised to come back stronger. I believe him."</p>.<p>Nasheed, the Maldives' first democratically-elected president, is an outspoken critic of Islamic extremism in the Sunni Muslim island archipelago, and has been instrumental in investigating graft allegations against opposition leaders.</p>.<p>The country has a reputation for political unrest.</p>.<p>Nasheed was deposed and exiled in what he called a coup in 2012, while in 2015, former President Abdulla Yameen escaped unharmed after an explosion on his speedboat.</p>.<p>In 2007, a blast that was blamed on Islamist militants targeted foreign tourists and injured 12 people.</p>