Be Prepared

The Boy Scouts should always be welcome in the Maldives:

The president of the Maldives was saved from assassination Tuesday when a boy scout grabbed the knife of an attacker who had jumped out of a crowd greeting the leader, an official said.
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was not hurt, but his shirt was ripped when the attacker tried to stab him before the boy and security guards intervened during the event on the small island of Horafushi, said government spokesman Mohammad Shareef.
“This fellow in the crowd with a knife in his hand attempted to stab the president in his stomach,” Shareef said by telephone from Male, the capital. “But a 15-year-old boy came in the way, and grabbed the knife. One brave boy saved the president’s life.”
The scout was identified as Mohamed Jaisham Ibrahim, who had lined up to welcome Gayoom, according to the president’s Web site.

The Muslim nation has apparently faced unrest from Islamic militants (a common enough theme these days):

A police Web site identified the attacker as Mohamed Murshid, 20. No motive was given, and other details were not disclosed.
Shareef, speaking by telephone from Male, said the assassination attempt may have had a “political motive,” but it was too early to say if Islamic militants were involved. Opposition to Gayoom’s three-decade rule has grown in recent years and there have also been concerns about increased Islamic militancy in the Muslim nation.