Burundi - Buyoya siezes power in military coup

(25 Jul 1996) T/I: 10:19:34 GS 10:47:45 Former Burundi president Pierre Buyoya seized power in a military coup Thursday (25/7), ousting Hutu incumbent Sylvestre Ntibantunganya and shattering a fragile power-sharing accord between the country's rival ethnic groups. The new regime immediately closed all borders and airports in the central African republic, which has teetered on the brink of civil war for three years. Buyoya, a Tutsi military official who had previously grabbed power in an army-led coup in September 1987, was due to address the nation later in the day, according to a Defence Ministry statement quoted by Burundi radio. SHOWS: BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI 25/7 00:00 MS two soldiers by car 00:05 PULL out from barbed wire road block 00:10 MS car passes through road block 00:15 MCU Colonel Firmin Sinzoyiheba, Burundi Defense Minister BURUNDI, FILE (1988) 00:19 MS convoy of vehicles 00:24 MS Pierre Buyoya, named as president, exits landrover and greeted BUGENDANA, BURUNDI 23/7 00:34 MS former President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya exits helicopter 00:38 WS former president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya pelted with earth BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI 25/7 00:42 WS EXT US embassy 00:45 MS stars and stripes flying over embassy 00:48 PAN from road to German embassy 00:55 WS downtown Bujumbura 00:58 MS men walking in street 01:02 MS locked shop 01:05 CU padlock on door 01:08 MS people in street 01:13 MS army vehicle in street 01:20 MS army vehicle drives away 01:25 CU soldier 01:30 ENDS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...