The security and intelligence services in Burkina Faso, says
it foiled an attempted coup in the country on Tuesday.
The military government made the announcement in a statement
read on national TV by its spokesperson, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo.
According to the statement, the junta said an attempt by
some army officers to seize power from Capt Ibrahim Traoré and plunge the nation
into chaos was thwarted.
It further announced that officers who were allegedly
involved in the plot had been arrested.
“The dark intention of attacking the institutions of the
Republic and plunging our country in chaos… investigations will help unmask the
instigators of this plot.
“Officers and other alleged actors involved in this attempt
at destabilisation have been arrested and others are actively sought,” it said.
The military government said it would seek to shed all
possible light on this plot, adding that it regretted “that officers whose oath
is to defend their homeland have strayed into an undertaking of this nature”.
The interim President of Burkina Faso, Capt Ibrahim Traoré
seized power from another military regime in September 2022.
That was the country’s second coup as it grapples with an
Islamist insurgency.
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