Youth-led Madagascar protests began over water and electricity shortages but have since escalated. Photo: AP PHOTO

Madagascar's president says an attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean country, just a day after members of an elite army unit joined youth-led protests against the government and called for the president to step down.

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President Andry Rajoelina's office offered no details on who was behind the attempt and no signs of violence were immediately visible on the streets on Sunday, although there was a large military presence.

A commander of the elite CAPSAT unit, Col

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