Military coup is reportedly under way in Africa's LesothoGoogle Maps
Military personnel are storming government buildings in Africa's landlocked Lesotho in what is suspected to be a coup attempt.
Gunfire has erupted as the troops attempted to seize the police headquarters and other government buildings.
"Military police have surrounded State House and there are reports of gunfire," an unnamed diplomat from the Lesotho capital Maseru told Reuters.
Private radio stations have reportedly been told to shut down in Africa's mountainous kingdom.
Earlier in June, the country's first coalition government, comprising three main political parties, is said to have collapsed.
Lesotho's International Relations Department spokesperson Clayson Monyela was quoted as saying: "The department will either convene a media briefing or issue a statement later today regarding the situation in Lesotho."
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