Burkina Faso Security ForcesMOSCOW, Jan 23 the capital, but denied reports of a power grab by the army, media reported. shooting. «Information circulating on social networks makes one think about the seizure of power by the army today … The government, acknowledging the fact of shooting in some barracks, refutes this information and urges the population to remain calm,» the agency quotes government spokesman Alkassum Maigi as saying. Earlier, the radio station RFI reported that heavy gunfire was heard on Sunday morning at two military camps in Burkina Faso's capital city of Ouagadougou. One of them is the prison where General Diendere, who was convicted of attempting a coup in 2015, is being held. Local radio station Omega also reported on the shooting in the city of Kaya.
