Protesters responsible for assault of Mali interim president to be punished
BAMAKO - A day after interim leader Dioncounda Traore was assaulted and hit over the head when hundreds of protesters swarmed the Mali palace, the 15-state ECOWAS West African bloc warned on Tuesday it would punish those responsible for the violence.
Traore received treatment in hospital for head injuries.
The ECOWAS said it is investigating how the attack took place despite security at the palace. The bloc said it will impose sanctions against those it finds to be orchestrating unrest.
U.N. Security Council has reiterated its support for ECOWAS efforts in Mali.
The attack came days after coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo agreed under pressure from ECOWAS to allow an extension of Traore's 40-day mandate as caretaker president.
"ECOWAS forcefully condemns this attack which it considers to be in defiance of its decisions. It will make the necessary inquiries to establish who ordered and carried out this reprehensible attack and apply the appropriate sanctions," it said.
On Monday, unarmed protesters, mostly dressed in jeans and t-shirt swarmed into the palace and occupied the compound.
"ECOWAS will make the necessary inquiries to establish who ordered and carried out this reprehensible attack and apply the appropriate sanctions," the 15-state body said in a statement.
Mali is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the March 22 coup and a subsequent rebellion in its desert north.
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