Most leaders of the attacks on Sierra Leone's military barracks and prisons arrested as curfew eases

Sierra Leone information minister says weekend attack was a failed coup

Sierra Leone information minister says weekend attack was a failed coup Sierra Leone's government said on Tuesday that attacks on several locations in the capital Freetown on Sunday were a failed attempt to overthrow the government led mostly by bodyguards of former President Ernest Bai Koroma. The West African nation's information minister Chernor Bah, and the chief of defence staff Lt. General Patrick Lavahun, told a news conference the forme…

13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday.

13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday.

Sierra Leone attacks were a failed coup, a minister says, as 13 officers are arrested

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The attacks Sunday on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday.

Sierra Leone attacks were a failed coup, a minister says, as 13 officers are arrested

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The attacks Sunday on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday.

Sierra Leone attacks were a failed coup, a minister says, as 13 officers are arrested

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The attacks Sunday on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday.