Coupe attempt failed in Comoros

The ruler of the separatist island of Anjoine in Comoros Muhammad Bakkar announced on Sunday that he had crushed a coupe attempt carried out by Col. Saeed Obeid Abdul Rahman during which one person was killed and several others were wounded.

News reports quoted Bakkar, whose forces clashed with the coupe's men in Motsamodo, the main city in the island, as saying on Saturday that his forces defeated their enemies and are now chasing leaders of the coupe, noting he has fully controls Anjoine.

On the other hand, a well informed source said on Monday that col. Obeid failed in his attempt to restore the authority in the separatist island of Anjoine and he fled.

The coupe attempt started on Friday when soldiers controlled the radio station in an attempt to return back the former military ruler Col. Saeed Obeid to power he had already lost in a coupe took place on August 9th carried out by his successor Col. Muhammad Bakkar.