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Man accused of attempted assassination of Mali president dies in custody

Man accused of attempted assassination of Mali president dies in custody

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. 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.…
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Shot minister thanks ‘boda-boda’ who saved his life

Shot minister thanks ‘boda-boda’ who saved his life

“I survived. I thank God”. These are the first words from Katumba Wamala, the Uganda Minister of Works and Transport, who survived an assassination attempt in which his daughter and driver were killed. Wamala said he was been driven to a vigil when the four gunmen on motorcycles sprayed his vehicle with bullets in Kiasasi, Kampala. “While driving in the morning with my daughter, bodyguard and driver heading to my mother-in-law's vigil, some terrorists tried to assassinate me. I survived, but my dear daughter Brenda Nantongo Katumba and my driver Kayondo Haruna died at the crime scene. I have no…
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