Comoros president makes first appearance since knife attack

President Azali Assoumani was slightly injured during last week's attack at a funeral of a prominent religious leader. Comoros President Azali Assoumani on Thursday chaired a government cabinet meeting in his first public appearance since being wounded in a knife attack last week, government footage showed. The video showed Azali with a thick bandage on the left side of his forehead, smiling as he got into a car and arriving at the presidential compound, where he greeted advisors and ministers before sitting at the end of the cabinet table. He was slightly injured in a knife attack on Friday during a funeral for a well-known religious leader in Salimani Itsandra, a town just north of the capital Moroni. The attacker was later found dead in prison in unclear circumstances, the public prosecutor said on Saturday. ➤ Click here to follow our WhatsApp channel for more stories.