assassination attempt

Several suspects were arrested on Tuesday regarding a devastated assassination attempt on Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina, the country's prosecutor's office said. "Several foreign nationals and Madagascar nationals were arrested on Tuesday, July 20, as part of an investigation into an attack on state security," prosecutor Berthine Razafiarivony said in a statement released overnight. "At this stage of the ongoing investigation, the prosecution assures that we will shed light on this case," she…

Firearms fired at a car carrying a Ugandan government minister on Tuesday, injuring the former army commander and killing his daughter and driver, an army spokesman and local media reported. Four motorcyclists opened fire on a vehicle with General Katumba Wamala, Minister of Labor and Transport, in the Kampala suburb of Kiasasi, the local television station NBS reported. Pictures circulating on social media showed Wamala with his mouth open, in obvious distress next to the car and his light pants…