A man accused of attempting to stab Mali's interim President Assimi Goita last week has died in hospital while in the custody of security services, the government said in a statement on Sunday.
Goita, a special forces colonel who orchestrated two coups in the last year, escaped unharmed after the assailant tried to stab him during prayers at a mosque in the capital Bamako on Tuesday.
Security agents threw a man into the back of a military pickup truck, video obtained by Reuters showed, as Goita was ringed by bodyguards. "During the investigations ... his state of health deteriorated," the statement said. He was taken to hospital, where he died, it said.Mali, the theatre of French-supported operations against al Qaeda and Islamic State-linked insurgents for a decade, was thrown into political turmoil after a military junta led by Goita toppled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Man in central China survives three days in flooded garageLi Yongsheng lay on a ventilation duct surrounded by floating cars. Rescue workers guided him through chest-deep water
Read more »
Tunisian president sacks prime minister, freezes parliament as political crisis escalatesPresident Kais Saied assumed executive authority with new prime minister in challenge to 2014 constitution that split powers between president, prime minister and parliament
Read more »
Biden says ‘remains to be seen’ if immigration measure part of wider budget billU.S. President Joe Biden adamant on need toe road to citizenship for so-called Dreamer immigrants
Read more »
Tunisian president sacks prime minister, freezes parliamentTunisia's president dismissed the government and froze parliament on Sunday in a dramatic escalation of the country's political crisis following a day of protests around the democratic country that his opponents labeled a coup.
Read more »
Men’s Olympic triathlon hit by rare false startThe race got underway safely around 10 minutes after the unusual false start
Read more »