17 charged following Burundi's failed coup

Seventeen security officials, including five generals, accused over the attempted coup of Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza, have appeared before a prosecutor who charged them with an attempt at destabilising public institutions.

The suspected coup plotters are three army generals and two police generals, said presidential spokesman Gervais Abayeho. Others are four lower-ranking officers and eight soldiers. The suspected coup leader, Major General Godefroid Niyombare, is still at large.