BAMAKO, Mali – Hours after soldiers stormed state TV and radio in Mali, soldiers reported that young recruits had started rioting at a military base located outside the strategic northern town of Gao.
Gunshots could still be heard in the capital, Bamako, where earlier Wednesday day, angry troops had started a mutiny at a military base near the presidential palace. Soon after, they stormed the offices of the state broadcaster, yanking both TV and radio off the air.
In the town of Gao, a military student who was on the base when the mutiny started said that at sundown, the recruits started shooting in the air. They captured a half dozen officers, and have sequestered them. And they were going house to house looking for the commander of the camp who was MIA. The student requested anonymity because he feared for his safety.
