MADAGASCAR: Attempted Coup Suppressed.

The article reports on the three-day mutiny put down by Madagascar forces at an army base and arrest dissident soldiers who had announced a coup on the troubled Indian Ocean island in 2010. It mentions that explosions and gunshots rang out as about 400 armed soldiers launched the assault on the barracks of the army. It states that dissident soldiers had declared that all government institutions were suspended and taken charge by military council.