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    JUST IN: Comoros President Assoumani Wounded in Knife Attack

    Comoros President Azali Assoumani was slightly wounded in a knife attack Friday, the presidency said, adding that the attacker had been arrested.

    “The President of the Republic Azali Assoumani was slightly wounded by a knife while attending the funeral” of a well-known religious leader, it said in a statement.

    “His injuries are not serious, and he has returned home. The attacker is in the hands of the security services,” it added.

    Government spokeswoman Fatima Ahamadael told AFP that the attack happened in Salimani-Itsandra, an area on the outskirts of the capital Moroni.

    “Thank God, his life is not in danger,” she said, declining to give further details.

    Witnesses told AFP that the attacker was a 22-year-old with no criminal history, who had joined the army in 2022.

    He was dressed in a boubou and was in the room with the religious leader’s body, as mourners were paying respects, they said.

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