Angry Burkina Faso Soldiers Go On A Rampage -- Al JazeeraLooting spree in capital Ouagadougou came after an apparent mutiny by guards at the presidential palace.
Soldiers of the presidential security regiment in Burkina Faso have gone on a looting spree in the capital Ouagadougou after an apparent mutiny reportedly over unpaid allowances, witnesses and military sources said.
The looting on Friday followed a series of protests by soldiers that began last month in the poor west African country.
"I was going in the direction of the Lamizana [military] camp when I heard the gunfire. I saw people rushing back towards me, so I turned around and went back home," said Pierre Tapsoba, a resident of the Gounghin neighbourhood in the west of Ouagadougou.
"I haven't been out since. It's bad."
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