Stranded Bulgarian Commandos Leave Niger on Belgian Plane

Niger President Mamadou Tandja was outsted in a coup by the military junta on Thursday. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Ten Bulgarian officers from the special police unit for combating terrorism have left the Niger capital Niamey on a Belgian plane after being trapped in Thursday’s coup d’etat.

Bulgarian and Belgian special police officers, were trapped for 24 hours in a hotel in Niamey after Thursday’s coup d’etat.

The Bulgarian Interior Ministry confirmed that the ten officers had left Niger late Friday.

A coup took place in Niger on Thursday and the president was captured after a gun battle in Niamey.

In a television announcement, a spokesman for the plotters said Niger's constitution had been suspended and all state institutions dissolved.

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