Mali: the president of the transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta, targeted by a knife attack

Published on : 07/20/2021 – 12:20

Two people tried, Tuesday, July 20, to stab the president of the transition in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, during the Muslim rite of Eid al-Adha, the feast of the Sacrifice, at the great mosque of Bamako, noted an AFP journalist.

President Goïta was then taken away and did not appear to have been affected, according to AFP’s findings. “It was after the imam’s prayer and sermon, or when the imam should go and sacrifice his sheep that the young man tried to stab Assimi (Goïta) from behind, but (it is) another person who was injured “, confirmed to AFP Latus Tourè, manager of the great mosque.

With AFP