The court on Tuesday acquitted a third man of involvement in the
attack, which followed a military coup that allowed separatists and
Islamists to take control of parts of northern Mali.
Mali's
former interim President Dioncounda Traore addresses Mali's troops
during his visit to their base in the town of Nara, 375 km from Bamako
April 13, 2013.
A Malian court has sentenced two men to five years in jail for beating up Mali's former interim president, Dioncounda Traore, during the occupation of his palace in May 2012 by protesters demanding he resign, the Justice Minister said on Wednesday.
The
court on Tuesday acquitted a third man of involvement in the attack,
which followed a military coup that allowed separatists and Islamists to
take control of parts of northern Mali.
The two
men were convicted of charges including criminal conspiracy and
attempted assassination, Justice Minister Sanogo Aminata Malle said in a
statement.
Traore was hospitalized in France for
two months before coming back to Mali. He later authorized a foreign
military intervention to oust Islamist militants who threatened Bamako,
before handing over power to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in September 2013.
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