Mali presidential palace coup after soldiers ransacked

Rebel soldiers in Mali and looted presidential palace in the capital, Bamako, after the coup leaders coup.The and called for calm and said closed all borders after it announced that it had taken control of the country in the state government official TV.A said he told the BBC that President Amadou Toumani Toure is safe and not in the custody of the African Union mutineers.The "act of rebellion" was "a major setback for Mali."A follow-up reading storyKenya foreign principal Minister Moses Wetangula and the delegation accompanying him stranded in the country, was closed Bamako Airport, and after participating in the meeting of the African Union on peace and security.The West African ECOWAS regional body behavior of the rebel soldiers "was" reprehensible " . and "misleading", and the soldiers, and calling itself the Committee to create a restore democracy and the restoration of State (CNRDR), and said that he would not hand over power to the goal of government.The elected in CNRDR not in any way aimed at the confiscation of power, and we vowed to return power to the democratically elected president as soon as possible and put the national unity and territorial integrity, "they said in a soldiers statement.The said they had led a revolt on Wednesday because the government did not give them attacked the arms enough to deal with the Tuareg rebellion by ethnic North Mali.They presidential palace , fire with soldiers trading pro-government and took over the radio and television broadcaster in Bamako and took off several hours of air.After footage from the music and traditional dance in Mali, the back of a group of soldiers on the screen early on Thursday from the leader of morning.The was detected rebellion to be Captain Amadou Sanogo, who appeared briefly to announce the imposition of curfews and national, although he did not specify the time and said he had been suspended the constitution.