A statement from the Twitter account of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré urged dialogue and invited the mutinous soldiers to lay down arms but did not address whether he was in detention.[7] Meanwhile, mutinous soldiers were reported to have surrounded the state news station RTB.[8] AFP news reported the president had been arrested along with other government officials.[9] Two security officials said at the Sangoulé Lamizana barracks in the capital, “President Kaboré, the head of parliament, and the ministers are effectively in the hands of the soldiers”.[10] Military captain Sidsoré Kader Ouedraogo said the Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration “has decided to assume its responsibilities before history.”