The recent broad daylight attack on Maldives Prosecutor General Hussain Shamim has sparked a political battle.

The recent broad daylight attack on Maldives Prosecutor General Hussain Shamim has sparked a political uproar. The ruling party and the opposition are accusing each other of being a politically motivated attack. It is known that Hussain Shamim was stabbed by an unknown assailant with a sharp object in the national capital Male on Monday. The attack is creating a stir in the backdrop of a political crisis. In 2019, when the Maldivian Democratic Party (MPD) was in power, Shamim was appointed as the Prosecutor General by then-President Ibrahim Solih. His tenure is still there. The attack took place at a time when the opposition was demanding the impeachment of President Mohammed Muizju.