A man accused of trying to stab Mali’s interim President, Assimi Goïta, last week has died in hospital while under guard, the government says.
The assailant, who has not been identified, was arrested after the failed stabbing, which took place while the President, Mr Goïta was attending prayers in a mosque.
A government statement said the man’s health had deteriorated in custody and he was taken to hospital, where he died.
There are no particular details about his health prior to the incident.
The cause of death is said to be under investigation.
Meanwhile, the Malian President, Mr Goïta has led two coups in Mali over the past year.
Source: BBC
In other news: China flood: Terror as train carriage submerge
As floodwater crashed through a busy subway station in China on Tuesday, desperate passengers tried to flee while others were swept helplessly off platforms.
In one train carriage, water seeped in and rose from ankle, to waist, to neck-height. Panicked commuters stretched upwards to breathe, while others lifted shorter people into the shrinking air pocket above.
In terrifying videos shared on social media, some passengers can be seen standing on chairs and clinging to the ceiling as the floodwater creeps upwards. One tried to smash a window, before realising that there was even more water outside the carriage.
Some filmed the unfolding tragedy, while others called loved ones or posted pleas for help. “I can’t speak any more,” one woman wrote on the social media site Weibo. “If no rescue comes in 20 minutes, hundreds of us will lose our lives.”
“We were all standing on the seats, and the water was already on our knees,” a woman who gave her name as Ms Li told Elephant News.
“Some shorter passengers had water up to their necks,” she said, adding that as time went on the air supply began to diminish.
After about an hour, the train carriage was plunged into darkness and the oxygen level waned further. “I was really scared, but the most terrifying thing was not the water, but the diminishing air supply,” one person told Reuters news agency.
After several hours of fear and uncertainty, rescuers were able to gain access through the roof of the carriage and pulled people out. “We knocked on the glass a bit [on the ceiling]. Then suddenly there was air,” an unnamed woman told state broadcaster CCTV.
