MAN ATTEMPTS TO STAB MALI'S INTERIM PRESIDENT AT GRAND MOSQUE
Category : AFRICA - by James
A man has tried to stab Mali’s transitional president, Col Assimi Goïta, during Eid al-Adha celebrations at the Grand Mosque in Bamako.
Witnesses said the incident happened after the imam went to slaughter sheep at the mosque in the capital. One man with a knife and another with a gun participated in the attack, the witnesses said.
Goïta was not hurt and his security team quickly took him away, but one person was injured, they said. Read more HERE
