Sierra Leone information minister says weekend attack was a failed coup

Sierra Leone information minister Chernor Bah said on Tuesday that attacks on several locations in the capital Freetown on Sunday were a failed attempt to overthrow the government. Thirteen military officers and one civilian have been arrested following the incident, he told a press conference.

Sierra Leone information minister Chernor Bah said on Tuesday that attacks on several locations in the capital Freetown on Sunday were a failed attempt to overthrow the government.

Thirteen military officers and one civilian have been arrested following the incident, he told a press conference. "The incident was a failed attempted coup. The intention was to illegally subvert and overthrow a democratically elected government," said Bah.

"The attempt failed, and plenty of the leaders are either in police custody or on the run, and we will try to capture them and bring them to the full force of the laws of Sierra Leone."