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Comoros President Slightly Injured in Knife Attack, Spokesperson Says

Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 20, 2023. (Reuters)
Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 20, 2023. (Reuters)
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Comoros President Slightly Injured in Knife Attack, Spokesperson Says

Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 20, 2023. (Reuters)
Comoros President Azali Assoumani addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 20, 2023. (Reuters)

Comoros President Azali Assoumani was slightly injured in a knife attack on Friday, the archipelago nation's government spokesperson said, adding that the attacker has been taken into custody.

The incident occurred around 2 p.m. (1100 GMT) in Salimani Itsandra, a town just north of the capital Moroni, a local source told Reuters.

"President Azali Assoumani was slightly injured with a knife during the funeral of a great sheikh of the country. His injuries are not serious and he has returned home," government spokesperson Fatima Ahamada told Reuters.

The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.

The source from the town of Salimani Itsandra added that the attacker is a former policeman in his 20s.

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Mother, Relatives Charged Over 8-year-old Girl's Killing in Türkiye

Protesters hold portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found after being missing for 19 days, during a protest at Kadikoy district in Istanbul, on September 8,2024. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
Protesters hold portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found after being missing for 19 days, during a protest at Kadikoy district in Istanbul, on September 8,2024. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
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Mother, Relatives Charged Over 8-year-old Girl's Killing in Türkiye

Protesters hold portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found after being missing for 19 days, during a protest at Kadikoy district in Istanbul, on September 8,2024. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)
Protesters hold portraits of eight-year-old Narin Guran, whose body was found after being missing for 19 days, during a protest at Kadikoy district in Istanbul, on September 8,2024. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP)

A Turkish court on Friday jailed pending trial the mother and brother of a murdered eight-year-old girl whose body was found in a sack hidden under rocks in a case that horrified the nation and triggered protests since her disappearance three weeks ago.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he would seek the most severe punishment for those responsible for the death of Narin Guran, whose body was found in a village near Diyarbakir, the largest city in southeast Türkiye.

Prosecutors at a Diyarbakir court charged the girl's mother and brother of participating in the murder, while six people including an uncle and cousins were charged with destroying evidence. Another uncle was earlier charged with murder.

Political parties and women's groups have held protests in various cities across Türkiye to demand justice for Guran, whose murder triggered an outpouring of shock on social media, especially because of the number of relatives allegedly involved in her killing.

Guran went missing on Aug. 21 from her village, some 10 km south of Diyarbakir. Her body was found in a sack hidden under rocks in a nearby stream on Sept 8.

It was not clear how she was killed, but media reports said the autopsy revealed she had lesions on her neck.