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Mali Soldiers Detain President, Prime Minister

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   WASHINGTON/BAMAKO, MALI - Soldiers in Mali's capitalmutiniedTuesday and
   have takenPresident Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou
   Cisseinto custody.

   A reporter for VOA's French to Africa service(Kassim Traoré)says the
   president was arrested at his house in Bamako Tuesday and taken to a
   military camp in the town of Kati, 15 kilometers away. Cisse was taken
   to the same camp.

   Gunfire eruptedattheKatibaseearlierin the day. Mali reporter Bram
   Posthumus told VOA English to Africa that "soldiers went on the
   rampage, got to the arsenals, got the guns, started shooting in the
   air, went out and cut off access to the camp."

   No casualties have been reported in the unrest.

   A mutiny at the same camp triggered a coupagainstMalian president
   AmadouToumaniToure in 2012.

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