Four gunmen killed in shootout in Comoros after opposition presidential candidate arrested

Four gunmen were killed on Thursday in a shootout with military near a base in the Comoros capital after an opposition presidential candidate was arrested, security and military sources said.

The security source said a group of soldiers who were in Moroni prison, accused of attempting a coup last year, broke out of prison on Thursday morning. (Reporting by Ahmed Ali Amir; Additional reporting by David Lewis in Nairobi; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Hugh Lawson)