Fiji army 'locked down' amid rising tensions

Fiji’s army locked down its main barracks and conducted shooting practice today amid rising tensions between the military and the South Pacific country’s nationalist government.

The move – a possible show of strength – came after military chief Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who for months has been involved in a war of words with the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, accused police of seeking to downsize the army.