Burundi coup leaders arrested
Bujumbura, 15 May - (ANA) - Three leaders of a failed coup against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza have been arrested, his spokesman says. However coup leader Gen Godefroid Niyombare is "still on the run". Earlier, Gen Niyombare told the AFP news agency that he and his followers were going to surrender, adding: "I hope they won't kill us". President Pierre Nkurunziza has tweeted he is back home. He was in Tanzania when the coup attempt against his bid to seek a third term was launched. He is expected to make a national address. Renegade general and former defence minister Gen Cyrille Ndayirukiye was one of the three coup leaders arrested on Friday, Mr Nkurunziza's spokesman, Gervais Abayeho, said. Gen Ndayirukiye earlier admitted that the attempt to overthrow the president had failed. He said coup leaders had been "faced with an overpowering military determination to support the system in power". Meanwhile, civil society groups in Burundi are calling on people to return to the streets after weeks of protests against against Mr Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office. "Our movement had nothing to do with the attempted coup or the failed coup," Gordien Niyungeko, of rights organisation Focode, told Reuters news agency. Many view his bid as an unconstitutional move. (ANA)

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