The attempt on the president's life comes amid several jihadist attack in Central Mali in recent days.
Mali's transitional President Col. Assimi Goita was attacked by a man with a knife at the Grand Central Mosque during celebrations for the Muslim holiday of sacrifice, Eid al-Adha.
Security personnel escort an alleged attacker from The Grand Fayçal Mosque in Bamako on July 20, 2021, after two assailants attempted to stab Mali's interim transitional President Colonel Assimi Goita during Eid al-Adha prayers at the mosque in the Malian capital. - Mali's interim president Colonel Assimi Goita was"safe and sound", his office said, after an assassination attempt by two men, one wielding a knife, during prayers at a mosque in Bamako.
Mali has been unsettled since 2012 when mutinous soldiers overthrew the president of a decade. The power vacuum led to an Islamic insurgency that took control of the country's northern cities, including Timbuktu and Gao. A French-led campaign ousted the jihadis from the northern cities in 2013.
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