A video of the moment Mali’s interim President was attacked by a knifeman while he was praying at the mosque has emerged.

President Assimi Goita was at the Great Mosque in Bamako on Tuesday, July 20, in celebration of Eid al-Adha.

During the prayers, an assailant tried to stab him. He survived.

Security agents overpowered two men in the mosque and threw one into the back of a military pickup truck. Other security agents surrounded the president, who was in a sky blue kaftan, and whisked him out of the venue.

Watch the video below.

A video of the moment Mali's interim President was attacked by a knifeman while he was praying at the mosque.

Do you wish your President this ????? pic.twitter.com/mT8ZDvqE1s

— CorrectBN (@correctbn) July 23, 2021