Rebels to be tried
NZPA-Reuter London The Cameroonian President, Mr Paul Biya, who foiled a bid to oust him by dissident members of his Republican Guard last week, said yesterday that those taking part in the coup attempt would be brought before a military tribunal without delay.
He said on Radio Yaounde that the dissidents would be “brought before a military tribunal without delay to be tried and punished in accordance with our laws and commensurate with the extreme gravity of their crimes.”
Mr Biya said that the “seriousness and extent” of the coup had moved him to take “military, political, and administrative measures to strengthen the security, information and public order services” in the west African State. No official toll has been declared for those dead or injured in two days of heavy fighting and destruction, but residents in Yaounde said that many rebels, loyalist soldiers, and civilians had been killed.
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