Lome, 16 April-(ANA)-The brother of the Togolese president has been detained as he sought refuge from an arrest warrant in the US embassy, the government says.
Kpatcha Gnassingbe has denied accusations that he was plotting a coup against his brother, Faure.
At least two people were killed and three wounded in a shootout at his house on Sunday night, officials say.
But Kpatcha Gnassingbe, a former defence minister, said he was the victim of an assassination attempt.
The government website said Kpatcha Gnassingbe was one of the main organisers of a plot to topple the government.
Five senior army officers have already been arrested.
President Faure Gnassingbe, who was elected in 2005 during a vote which observers said was flawed, cancelled a trip to China on Sunday after the shootout.
He became president after the death of his father, Togo's veteran leader Gnassingbe Eyadema in 2005. (ANA)
