Boy Scout Saves President’s Life

Posted in Current Events by John E. Pannell on January 8th, 2008 at 8:51 am

A Boy Scout foiled an attempted assassination of the President… of The Maldives:

COLOMBO (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Boy Scout intervened to stop a man from stabbing Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom with a kitchen knife on Tuesday, a move the leader’s spokesman said saved him from assassination…

You can read the rest of the article at Yahoo! News.

President Gayoom also holds the honorary title of Chief Scout of the Maldives.

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