Burundi coup troops 'hunted in hospital'

Troops loyal to Burundi's president hunted rival soldiers in a hospital during fighting provoked by a coup in the central African nation, leading to the partial destruction of the health facility, witnesses and security sources said. Security officials, speaking on condition they not be named, acknowledged the operation took place on Thursday when the rebel troops fought a heavy but unsuccessful battle for control over the state radio and television station. The officials said the attack was launched based on reports that one of the top coup leaders, General Cyrille Ndayirukiye, was inside Bujumbura's Bumerec hospital. An eyewitness said police and soldiers loyal to President Pierre Nkurunziza arrived at the hospital and "asked if there were any soldiers who had arrived for treatment".

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