Today, Malian army soldiers set up roadblocks at a base on the outskirts of the capital, Bamako, while eyewitnesses said that the area was witnessing intense gunfire.
Angry soldiers pulled out military vehicles in the city where the soldiers and their families live, and arrested the Foreign and Finance Ministers and the Speaker of Parliament.
And the French Press Agency quoted witnesses as telling them that Malian soldiers shot in the air for unknown reasons this morning at the large Katy military base near Bamako.
"This morning, angry soldiers picked up their guns at Katie's base and opened fire. They were a lot and they were nervous," a doctor at Katy Hospital told AFP.
According to media reports, the shooting came against the background of a possible military coup in the country, according to "JEUNE AFRIQUE" magazine, which is concerned with news of the African continent.
The magazine added that another shooting took place around the home of the Prime Minister, Sumelu Boyi, in conjunction with news of the arrest of a number of ministers.
For its part, the Norwegian embassy and security sources in Mali spoke of a rebellion in the ranks of the army and said that soldiers were on their way to Bamako.
These events come while Mali suffers a political crisis for nearly two months.
It is reported that Mali witnessed a military coup against President Ahmedou Toumani Toure in 2012, which began with a revolt that started from a barracks.