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Burkina Faso soldiers enter presidential guard camp: army officer

Published 09/29/2015, 04:26 PM
© Reuters. A gendarme guards a position near the Naaba Koom military base in Ouagadougou

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso soldiers seized control of a military camp held by presidential guard soldiers with little resistance, an army officer said on Tuesday, after the elite unit rejected an order to disarm in the wake of a failed coup this month.

© Reuters. A gendarme guards a position near the Naaba Koom military base in Ouagadougou

Troops were carrying out clean-up operations at the camp, searching for General Gilbert Diendere, who led the short-lived putsch. However, appeared not to be at the camp, said the officer, who was involved in the operation.

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