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 فشل محاولة انقلابية /جنوب السودان (فيديو) South Sudan says coup has been repulsed
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Posted: Monday, December 16, 2013 4:46 am | Updated: 6:00 am, Mon Dec 16, 2013.
Associated Press
Soldiers loyal to a former vice president attempted to overthrow the government of South Sudan, the country's president said Monday, as sporadic fighting between factions of the military gripped the capital in the latest violence to hit the world's youngest nation.
Flanked by government officials, President Salva Kiir _who put on fatigues with an army general's epaulets _ said in a televised address to the nation that the military had foiled a coup orchestrated by "a group of soldiers allied with the former vice president." The soldiers had attacked the South Sudanese military headquarters near Juba University late Sunday, sparking sporadic clashes that continued Monday, he said.
"The attackers went and (the) armed forces are pursuing them," Kiir said Monday. "I promise you today that justice will prevail."
The government is now "in full control of the military situation" in Juba, he said, ordering a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the city.
Details of the attempted coup remained sketchy, but South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin told The Associated Press Monday that troops within the main army base raided the weapons store in Juba but were repulsed. Some politicians had since been arrested, he said, but could not confirm if former Vice President Riek Machar _who he said led the attempted coup _was among those in detention. Benjamin said the coup was plotted by "disgruntled" soldiers and politicians led by Machar.
An Associated Press reporter saw heavily armed soldiers patrolling the streets of Juba Monday amid the gunfire emerging from the city's main army barracks. The streets were largely empty of civilians, with most Juba residents staying indoors. EgyptAir reported that it had cancelled its flight to Juba on Monday, saying the airport there was closed.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan on Monday reported the sound of mortar and heavy machine-gun fire, saying hundreds of civilians had sought refuge inside U.N. facilities.
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/regional_news/africa/sou...85-ebaa7b9fab68.html
(عدل بواسطة Kostawi on 12-16-2013, 03:37 PM)
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