The suspect, whose identity has not been revealed, had been taken into custody following the assassination attempt at Bamako‘s Grand Mosque on Tuesday.
„During investigations… his health deteriorated“ and he was then hospitalised, but „unfortunately, he has died,“ the government said in a statement.
„They threw me into the back of the car in a violent way, a guy threatened me with a gun, it‘s a white car with a double cabin… nobody identified themselves to me, here I am at the DPI (Police Directorate of Investigations), the car they brought me in, is HAJ1374 and they tell me that it is an arrest warrant, “ Lopez told journalist and human rights defender, Dina Meza.
We call on the international community and especially political leadership to publically condemn this flagrant violation of human rights and abuse of power and to join us in the demand for justice.
Head of Mossawa, an Arab civil rights organization in Israel, tells reporters in a Haifa court how police broke his knee while he was in custody after being arrested at a protest against the killings in Gaza, May 20, 2018.