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CONAKRY, Guinea –
Shots were fired late Thursday near the presidential palace in Guinea’s capital Conakry, and the army locked down the city centre and evacuated it.
Local journalist Fode Toure, who was a few hundred metres from the presidential palace, told The Associated Press he heard gunshots and saw people running away in panic. An AP reporter near the palace saw heavily armed soldiers patrolling the streets.
A diplomatic official close to Guinea’s leader told the AP that 11 dissident soldiers opened fire on the special forces around the presidential palace, but they were overpowered by the special forces. Three of the assailants were killed and eight others arrested, he said, adding that the situation is under control. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to reporters.
The official said the …
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