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 government said his wounds were "not serious" and that he was fine.

Authorities say the president of the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros has been “slightly injured” in a knife attack while attending the funeral of a religious leader.

Comoros president Azali Assoumani is "out of danger" after he was injured on Friday in a knife attack by a 24-year-old policeman who was found dead in his cell a day later, officials said on Saturday.

Authorities say the president of the Indian Ocean island nation of Comoros has been “slightly injured” in a knife attack while attending the funeral of a religious leader

President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani was attacked during the funeral of a prominent religious figure on the outskirts of the capital, Moroni. The head of this East African nation sustained a knife wound,