The person who was arrested for attacking the Comoros president with a knife on Friday has been discovered lifeless in jail, the authorities there say.
The assault occurred throughout a funeral for a well known spiritual chief and injured President Azali Assoumani’s hand.
Nationwide prosecutor Ali Mohamed Djounaid stated that after being arrested the attacker had been remoted in a cell to calm him down.
He stated a dull physique was discovered mendacity on the ground of the cell on Saturday morning.
“A physician declared him lifeless. An investigation has been launched to find out the reason for his loss of life,” Mr Djounaid informed a press convention within the Indian Ocean archipelago’s capital, Moroni.
As for the 65-year-old president, he was “doing properly. He has no well being issues, he’s out of hazard. A couple of stitches got,” power minister Aboubacar Saïd Anli is quoted by the AFP information company as saying. He was additionally on the press convention, which was attended by nearly all authorities ministers.
The motive for Friday’s afternoon’s assault just isn’t clear however the authorities are trying into it.
They’ve recognized the knifeman as a 24-year-old soldier referred to as Ahmed Abdou, AFP studies.
Witnesses informed AFP they noticed the person within the room the place well-wishers had been paying their respects to the deceased.
They are saying the attacker injured the president’s hand within the stabbing, earlier than being stopped by one of many mourners.
President Azali first got here to energy in a army coup in 1999.
After a decade out of workplace, he gained a disputed election in 2016 and was re-elected final January.
The vote was marred by allegations of poll stuffing and was adopted by two days of lethal protests.
Azali has been accused of rising authoritarianism.
He served as president of the African Union between 2023 and 2024.
