{"id":425038,"date":"2011-05-16T03:50:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T03:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/16\/soldiers-attack-in-late-night-rampage\/"},"modified":"2011-05-16T03:50:44","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T03:50:44","slug":"soldiers-attack-in-late-night-rampage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/16\/soldiers-attack-in-late-night-rampage\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers Attack in Late Night Rampage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"19.7568443804\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>15 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Angry soldiers in Burkina Faso fired their weapons into the air late into the night on Saturday a month after widespread army and police mutinies.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place in the key garrison town of Po in the south of the country near the border with Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The town is a symbol for the army whose officers and commanders are trained there.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses say the shooting went on until 4am and some government vehicles were taken over before the soldiers returned to their barracks.<\/p>\n<p>The rampage comes a month to the day after the start of a mutiny by the presidential guard which spread to rank and file soldiers and police across the country. The mutinies were sparked by demands for better pay.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the country has seen a wave of protests over police brutality and the high costs of living.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 12 people have been killed since the protests began some during a crackdown by security personnel<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110515-angry-soliders-late-night-rampage-through-streets-po\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105160288.html\" title=\"Soldiers Attack in Late Night Rampage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soldiers Attack in Late Night Rampage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 15 May 2011 Angry soldiers in Burkina Faso fired their weapons into the air late into the night on Saturday a month after widespread army and police mutinies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-425038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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