The man who was accused of having attempted Tuesday, July 15 to assassinate the transitional president in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, with a knife, and who had since been in the hands of the Malian security services, is
"deceased"
, the Malian government said Sunday, July 25 evening.
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The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, tried to stab the strongman of Mali on Tuesday during the Muslim prayer of Eid al-Adha at the Great Mosque of Bamako.
"Immediately apprehended by the security services"
,
"his state of health deteriorated".
Hospitalized,
"he unfortunately died,"
the government said in a statement.