MALAWIS top prosecutor said on Thursday he has filed charges of treason against three people in connection with an alleged coup attempt in March. “The treason trial against the three should start in the High Court soon,” said Fahad Assani, director of public prosecutions. The accused are 33-year-old Sudi Sulaimana, and two unnamed, low-ranking soldiers. Sulaimana and his co-conspirators were arrested March 24 with sets of military uniforms and a sketch of how they were going to carry out the coup, deputy inspector of police Joseph Ironi said. The coup plotters had planned simultaneously to take over state radio and television stations where Sulaimana would have addressed the nation, Ironi said, before moving on to the presidential palace. – AFP
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