Mon 26 July 2021:
According to the government of Mali, a man arrested on suspicion of being engaged in the failed assassination attempt on Interim President Assimi Goita has died.
Authorities have ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death, although they have stated that it will not affect the investigation’s progress.
The suspect’s health deteriorated following his arrest and he died after being admitted to a university health center, according to a government statement read out on Mali’s ORTM tv.
Goita was attacked by a knifeman on Tuesday while he was in Bamako’s main mosque for Eid al-Adha festivities. The attacker was immediately apprehended by the president’s security. A source in the Malian military told Sputnik that two people were detained for plotting to assassinate Goita. The investigation is ongoing.
Goita said after the failed assassination attempt that he was fine and he believed that it was a “one-time” incident.
In August 2020, a group of Malian soldiers started a mutiny at the Kati military base near the capital city of Bamako. Insurgents kidnapped several ministers and high-ranking military officials, including former President Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, who later dissolved the government and parliament.
Last September, the parties agreed on a transition period that would last for 18 months, leading to the parliamentary elections. Bah N’Daw, a former defense minister, was appointed as interim president. However, in late May, Mali saw its second coup, as Goita ousted the new president and prime minister for allegedly violating the transitional charter.
He was appointed as interim president by the constitutional court.
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