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| Tourists hurt in Maldives blast | |
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| Twelve tourists have been wounded in a bomb blast in the Maldives. | |
| The blast happened outside the main mosque in Male, the capital of the group of islands in the Indian Ocean. | |
| Two Britons, a Japanese and eight Chinese tourists were injured in the explosion. | |
| Reports say the explosion was triggered by a home-made device using a mobile phone and washing machine motor attached to a gas cylinder, and a witness said he saw scattered nails. | |
| This is the first time a bomb has exploded in the Maldives. | This is the first time a bomb has exploded in the Maldives. |
| A British Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "Two British nationals were injured and we are seeking to confirm this with the authorities in the Maldives." | |
| It left 12 people with burn injuries, government spokesman Mohamed Shareef said. | |
| "The Maldives has never had something like this before. We are taking this very seriously because tourism is our life blood," he said. | "The Maldives has never had something like this before. We are taking this very seriously because tourism is our life blood," he said. |
| The park is in the shadow of the Maldives army headquarters, and several surveillance cameras are trained on the area. | |
| More than 500,000 tourists visited the Maldives last year, and the tourist industry is the linchpin of the country's economy. | |
| The Muslim country has a reputation for tranquillity and the capital has not witnessed gunfire or explosions since an attempted coup in 1998. |