Sunday, 2 November 2014

Burkina army fires tear gas, shots at thousands of protesters

Journalists flee the national television headquarters as gunshots are fired around the premises in Ouagadougou on November 2, 2014. The army in Burkina Faso, which seized power after the ouster of the country's long-standing president Blaise Compaore, took over national television headquarters, AFP journalists at the scene said. Soldiers from the presidential guard fired gunshots into the air in the courtyard entrance of the RTB headquarters to disperse a crowd of demonstrators before taking control of the building, they said. AFP PHOTO





 Burkina Faso’s army seized control of the capital’s main square on Sunday, firing tear gas and shots in the air to disperse thousands of protesters denouncing a power grab by the military.
Troops moved into Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou and took over the national television headquarters, in both a show of force and defiance against calls by the international community and protesters for a return to civilian rule.

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