Benin | Security forces neutralize an attempted coup - video Dailymotion

In Benin, security forces thwarted an attempted coup, resulting in the arrest of 13 military personnel. teleSUR

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00:00In Benin, security forces forwarded an attempted coup resulting in the arrest of 13 military personnel.

00:06A coup attempt was neutralized in the early hours of Sunday morning after a group of military mutineers

00:10stormed their Benin radio and television office in Cotonou, the country's capital.

00:14The leader of the operation, Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tickrey, and another accomplice managed to escape.

00:20Benin's interior minister reported that 12 soldiers and one former soldier were arrested.

00:24The coup group first attacked the state television headquarters and then attempted to storm the residence of President Patrick Stallone

00:31but was repelled by the country's army.

00:34Authorities have declared the situation under control after suppressing the military uprising.