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Burkina Faso coup supporters attack hotel hosting mediation talks
Source: Reuters
World | Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:53am EDT
Burkina Faso coup supporters attack hotel hosting mediation talks
OUAGADOUGOU | BY MATHIEU BONKOUNGOU AND NADOUN COULIBALY
Pro-coup demonstrators in Burkina Faso on Sunday stormed a hotel due to host talks aimed at restoring a civilian interim government and attacked participants arriving for the meeting, witnesses said.
Some of the protesters carried signs expressing support for a military junta headed by the elite presidential guard, the RSP, which burst into a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, disrupting a transition period due to end with elections on Oct. 11.
"They invaded the hotel. It was violent," said a Reuters witness. "They attacked ex-opposition members as they arrived. One had to be saved from the crowd by security forces."
Most of the participants in the talks, including foreign ambassadors, had already arrived at the Laico Hotel in the capital Ouagadougou when the incident occurred.
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Burkina Faso coup supporters attack hotel hosting mediation talks
OUAGADOUGOU | BY MATHIEU BONKOUNGOU AND NADOUN COULIBALY
Pro-coup demonstrators in Burkina Faso on Sunday stormed a hotel due to host talks aimed at restoring a civilian interim government and attacked participants arriving for the meeting, witnesses said.
Some of the protesters carried signs expressing support for a military junta headed by the elite presidential guard, the RSP, which burst into a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, disrupting a transition period due to end with elections on Oct. 11.
"They invaded the hotel. It was violent," said a Reuters witness. "They attacked ex-opposition members as they arrived. One had to be saved from the crowd by security forces."
Most of the participants in the talks, including foreign ambassadors, had already arrived at the Laico Hotel in the capital Ouagadougou when the incident occurred.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/20/us-burkina-army-idUSKCN0RK0ED20150920
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