Presidency: Burundi coup plotters arrested; leader hunted

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — A presidential spokesman in Burundi says two senior army officers and a police general accused of taking part in an attempted coup have been arrested.

Gervais Abayeho told The Associated Press Friday that the leader of the attempted coup, Maj. Gen. Godefroid Niyombare, is still at large and the security forces are looking for him. He did not name the attempted coup plotters in custody.

Another official said President Pierre Nkurunziza is in the northern Burundian city of Ngozi and that a government news team is being dispatched there for him to make a statement. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to divulge such information.