Burkina Faso’s president, Roch Marc Kaboré, has been arrested and detained by angry soldiers in a coup attempt following heavy gunfire heard around his home in the capital, Ouagadougou, on Sunday night.

 

According to multiple sources, President Kaboré is being detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers.

 

A Video from the capital appears to show armoured vehicles – reportedly used by the presidency – peppered with bullet holes and abandoned in the street.

Gunfire had been heard overnight near the presidential palace and at barracks in the capital, Ouagadougou.

 

However, the government on Sunday denied suggestions of a military coup or that the president was under arrest.

 

An AFP journalist said around 10 hooded troops had posted themselves in front of the national broadcaster RTB on Monday, but it was not immediately clear if they were from the mutineers or had been sent in by the government.

 

Kabore, first elected in 2015 before winning re-election five years later on campaign vows he would prioritise the fight against the jihadist insurgency, has faced rising public anger about the failure to stop the bloodshed