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| [00:00.00] | A coup attempt appears to be under way in Niger. |
| [00:03.55] | Soldiers have forced their way into the presidential palace |
| [00:06.65] | and taken the head of state Mamadou Tandja |
| [00:08.74] | to a military barracks. |
| [00:09.90] | Johnny Hawk reports. |
| [00:11.12] | Latest information says President Tandja |
| [00:14.08] | has now been separated from his ministers |
| [00:16.22] | and taken to an unknown military camp. |
| [00:18.14] | French diplomats have confirmed |
| [00:20.34] | that he's indeed in the hands |
| [00:22.12] | of a mutant faction of the army |
| [00:23.59] | after soldiers stormed the presidential offices |
| [00:26.14] | where cabinet meeting was under way. |
| [00:28.08] | The heavy exchanges of fire |
| [00:30.16] | which broke out on Thursday afternoon |
| [00:31.59] | have left at least 3 people dead and 10 injured. |
| [00:34.74] | Exactly which part of the military carried out |
| [00:36.87] | the operation remains unclear. |
| [00:38.61] | Niger has been rocked by months |
| [00:40.69] | of political crisis after the president changed |
| [00:43.34] | the constitution to remain in power. |
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