BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau -- Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appeared on state television Wednesday saying they have seized power in the country three days after national elections, following reports of gunshots near the presidential palace. The president told French media he had been deposed and arrested.

"The High Military Command for the reestablishment of national and public order decides to immediately depose the president of the republic, to suspend, until new orders, all of the institutions of the republic of Guinea-Bissau," spokesperson Dinis N'Tchama said in a statement.

He said they acted in response to the "discovery of an ongoing plan" that he said aimed to destabilize the country by attempting to "manipulate electoral results."

The "scheme was set up by some national politicians with

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