Chadian Opposition Lawmaker Is Arrested After Coup Attempt
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Chadian authorities arrested opposition lawmaker Saleh Maki and “several” civilians and military personnel after stopping a coup attempt, government spokesman Hassan Sylla Bakari said.
The suspects had been planning the overthrow for four months prior to their arrests, Bakari said on national television in the capital, N’Djamena. As many as eight people were killed and at least 15 were injured in clashes between the plotters and security forces, Agence France-Presse reported, citing a person it didn’t identify.