Mali: the transitional authorities announce that they have foiled a coup
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Mali's transitional authorities claim to have foiled a coup attempt on the night of Wednesday May 11 to Thursday May 12.
"
A small group of anti-progressive officers and non-commissioned officers, supported by a Western state
" would have attempted the coup that evening, according to a press release from the Malian authorities on Monday, May 16, 2022.
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According to our information, since last week, at least ten Malian NCOs and officers have been arrested on national territory.
Other soldiers are actively sought.
On the night of May 11 to 12, the objective of the "
putschists
" officially qualified
as "anti-progressive
" was to "
break the dynamics of the Refoundation of Mali
".
They would be supported by “
a Western state
”.
In order to find other culprits who are still at large and to bring them all to justice, the government is announcing the strengthening of checks at exits from the capital and at border crossings.
In Bamako, within the political class, some already qualify as "
mysterious
" this temptation to strike.
“
I hope it won't end like the
last assassination attempt on
Colonel Assimi Goïta
,” confided the leader of a political party.
Almost a year ago, the head of the Malian junta escaped an assassination attempt while praying in a mosque in Bamako, according to the official version served at the time.
Since then, there has been no news of the progress of the investigation.
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