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Comoros president wounded in knife attack
Comoros President Azali Assoumani was wounded in an attack Friday, the government said, with three other sources close to the presidency saying he was stabbed but only slightly injured.
“The head of state was victim of an attack in Salimani-Itsandra,” an area on the outskirts of the capital Moroni, government spokeswoman Fatima Ahamadael told AFP. “Thank God, his life is not in danger.”
She declined to give further details but a source close to the president said: “President Azali Assoumani was slightly injured by a knife while attending a funeral.”