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...fifth coup since Burkina Faso, formerly called Upper Volta, became independent of France...
...person answering the telex at the presidential palace last night in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, said the city was quiet and Sankara's whereabouts were not known. The person, who would not provide identification, also insisted there were no casualties...
According to a communique read on the Burkina Faso radio, the country's borders were closed, a 9 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew imposed, and Sankara's National Revolutionary Council dissolved. It declared today a holiday so the nation could celebrate the former president's ouster...
Telephone connections with Burkina Faso were cut, but the State Department in Washington said some shooting was heard last night in Ouagadougou. Burkina Radio did not mention fighting and gave no hint of the former president's whereabouts or fate...
Chirac immediately rushed to the scene when he learned of the shooting. Ringed by scores of club-wielding police, the Premier expressed shock at "this bestial assassination." President Mitterrand, who was visiting the West African state of Burkina Faso, said France had "lost a No. 1" in the death of Besse, and he declared that "all our forces must unite against terrorism, without flinching and without compromise...