Comoros president ‘out of danger’ after knife attack
By Ibrahim Umar,
Kanempress News,
16th,Sept,2024
Reports gathered by Kanempress say Comoros President Azali Assoumani is “out of danger” following injuries he sustained on Friday in a knife attack by a 24-year-old policeman who was found dead in his cell a day later.
The attack occurred around 2 p.m. local time (1100 GMT) on Friday in Salimani Itsandra, a town just north of the capital Moroni.
“The president is doing well. He has no health problems, he is out of danger. A few stitches were given,” energy minister Aboubacar Saïd Anli said at a press conference in Moroni on Saturday.
Sources at the Presidency said that President Assoumani was attacked as he attended a funeral.
The motive for the attack on President Anzali is unknown.
The attacker, Ahmed Abdou, went on leave on Wednesday before orchestrating the attack on Friday.
Abdou was placed in a cell after he was taken into custody.
However, “this Saturday morning, when investigators went to see him, they found him lying on the ground, his body was lifeless,” Ali Mohamed Djounaid, Comoros’ public prosecutor, said at a separate press conference.
Djiunaid said that an investigation was being conducted to determine the motive of the attack and the cause of his death.
In May, President Assoumani was sworn in for a fourth term in office following a tense January election, which his opponents claim was tainted by voter fraud.
Officials deny the allegations.
