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		</div><p>Burkina Faso’s army has fired at the barracks of the presidential guard that carried out a short-lived coup this month and is now refusing to disarm.</p>
<p>Army spokesman Captain Guy Herve Ye said that artillery has been fired at the barracks of the elite presidential guard unit.</p>
<p>Burkina Faso’s army earlier surrounded the barracks, the presidential palace and national radio in the capital, Ouagadougou.</p>
<p>Under a peace deal brokered last week, members of the presidential guard are supposed to disarm.</p>
<p>But the presidential guard said on that they will not give up their weapons under “shameful and violent” conditions.</p>
<p>“Any attempt of aggression against our regiment will result in a clear, clean and decisive response, as always,” the presidential guard said.</p>
<p>In another show of force, the army arrested Djibril Bassole, a former high-ranking minister accused of collaborating with the mutinous soldiers, said Capt Ye.</p>
<p>He is accused of supporting General Gilbert Diendere, the military general who led the coup earlier this month. The two are also accused of seeking help from foreign forces.<br />
Mr Bassole has denied the allegations, calling it a “demonisation campaign” against him.</p>
<p>Mr Bassole, a high-level diplomat, served under Blaise Compaore, who ruled Burkina Faso for nearly 30 years before being ousted in a popular uprising.</p>
<p>Mr Bassole is among 14 people whose assets have been frozen following the coup.</p>
<p>Coup leader Gen Diendere handed power back to the civilian transitional government last week, but tensions grew because his supporters in the elite presidential guard refuse to disarm.</p>
<p>Authorities said that presidential guard members found to have played significant roles in the coup earlier this month will face trial, while others will be reintegrated into the army.</p>
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