Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré is being held by mutinous soldiers, two of the rebellious soldiers told The Associated Press by phone early Monday. They did not say where Kaboré is being held, but said he is in a safe place.
Gunshots were heard late Sunday night near the president’s residence, and in the early hours of Monday a battle took place at the presidential palace while a helicopter flew overhead. The roads of the capital were empty Sunday night except for checkpoints heavily guarded by mutinous soldiers.
State news station RTB was heavily guarded on Monday morning.
Fighting began on
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