Three renegade generals who launched a failed coup against Burundi President, Pierre Nkurunziza while he was away in Tanzania attending a summit have been arrested.
However, Coup Leader General Godefroid Niyombare is 'still on the run' though he had earlier told AFP that he and his followers were going to surrender adding, 'I hope they won't kill us'.
President Nkurunziza is back in Burundi. Meanwhile 5 soldiers were killed in clashes in the capital, Bujumbura on Thursday.
Renegade General and former Defence Minister, General Cyrille Ndayirukiye was one of the three coup leaders arrested, Presidential spokesman, Gervais Abayeho told BBC.
President Nkurunziza's decision to seek a third term in office has led to protests in the country which was eventually capped with a coup plot to overthrow him,
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