Station to Air Footage of Coup Plot Confession
From Times Wire Reports
Equatorial Guinea’s state television said it would air an interview in which a suspected mercenary confesses to involvement in a plot to topple the government.
Executives at the station said it would show footage of South African suspect Nick du Toit telling the foreign minister that he had been paid by the U.S. and multinational firms to overthrow the president. The U.S. has denied any such plot.
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