Curfew imposed The government set an overnight curfew for three nights following the coup. After an emergency cabinet meeting, government spokesman Mamadou Koulibaly told a news conference that the curfew would run from 9 p.m. local time until 6 a.m. from Monday night. At least eight people were killed in the attempted coup, which happened just over a year after a military takeover sparked months of turmoil. Sporadic gunfire continued until midday on Monday, but the level of violence had sharply diminished, and government forces appeared to be in control. Ministers said life should start to get back to normal on Tuesday.
People can go about their business quietly.
More than 30 people arrested Earlier, the government said that the security forces had arrested more than 30 people after the coup attempt, and threatened to cut diplomatic relations with any neighboring countries found to have aided the rebels. The coup attempt marks the growing tension in the Ivory Coast. Streets were almost deserted in much of Abidjan, Ivory Coast's main city, apart from patrolling soldiers. Two bodies, one in civilian clothes and the other stripped to his underwear, lay by the side of a highway on the edge of downtown. At least six more lay on the ground outside state television offices in the exclusive Cocody suburb.