(CNN) -- A teenager described as a Boy Scout saved Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom from a knife attack Tuesday, a presidential spokesman said.
Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.
The assailant "aimed at the president from about 10 feet away, but another young boy -- about 15 years old -- maybe one feet away jumped to prevent him," spokesman Mohamed Shareef said.
The boy "came in the way and grabbed the knife," Shareef told The Associated Press. "One brave boy saved the president's life."
The attacker's knife was wrapped in a national flag, Shareef said. "The knife touched the president's shirt but not his body," he said.
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