Share:Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita has been targeted in an attempted stabbing attack at the Grand Mosque in the capital Bamako on Tuesday, his office said. “Attempted stabbing against the President of the Transition, Colonel Assimi GOITA at the Great Mosque of Bamako. The assailant was immediately subdued by close security,” said a statement by the presidency on Twitter. He notably overthrew Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020 and Bah Ndaw in May 2021. He was sworn in as "president of the transition process" on June 7 and officially took office.

Source: The Nation July 20, 2021 18:00 UTC