An assailant has been arrested in Senegal after a failed attempt to stab a popular Imam during Eid prayer session.
In a clip trending online, the man could be seen charging at the cleric with a knife when he was praying with other Muslim faithfuls.
The Imam who was leading prayer was about to kneel when the attacker hit tried to stab him but the knief got bent in the process.
Some men, in the viral video, hurriedly grabbed the yet-to-be identified man seconds after the attack and contacted the police to arrest him.
The ugly encounter happened on Thursday, 29th of June 2023 and it was captured on tape.
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A man tried to stab imam during Eid prayer in Senegal pic.twitter.com/d1bdqZiwJk
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