Soldiers who claimed a coup in Guinea today broadcasted a video showing them surrounding President Alpha Conde and declaring they dissolved the constitution and the government.
“We have decided after having taken the president, who is currently with us, to dissolve the current constitution, to dissolve the institutions. We have also decided to dissolve the government and the closure of land and air borders,” Guinea’s special forces said on the video.
The kidnapping happened after hours of gunfire around the presidential palace in the capital, Conakry. The defence ministry said the insurgency had been thwarted.
‘The insurgents (had) spread fear” in Conakry before taking the direction of the presidential palace, but that “the presidential guard, supported by the defense and security forces, loyalists and republicans, have contained the threat and pushed back the group of attackers,” said a statement from the defense ministry, quoted by AFP.
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