Mali president's whereabouts unknown after coup
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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2012 file photo, Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure inspects an honor guard during a ceremonial reception at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India. Malian soldiers declared a coup on Thursday, March 22, 2012, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. The whereabouts of the country's 63-year-old president Toure, who was just one month away from stepping down after a decade in office, could not be confirmed.(AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2012 file photo, Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure inspects an honor guard during a ceremonial reception at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India. Malian soldiers declared a coup on Thursday, March 22, 2012, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. The whereabouts of the country's 63-year-old president Toure, who was just one month away from stepping down after a decade in office, could not be confirmed.(AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia, File)
A soldier carries goods away from a compound housing various government ministries a day after a military coup, in Bamako, Mali, Thursday March 22, 2012. Soldiers are reported to have looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. The whereabouts of the country's 63-year-old president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was just one month away from stepping down after a decade in office, could not be confirmed. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
A soldier loads an appliance into a truck outside the gates of the compound containing government ministries in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, March 22, 2012. Drunk soldiers looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
Young men take to a central street following Wednesday's military coup, in Bamako, Mali Thursday March 22, 2012. Drunk soldiers looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. The whereabouts of the country's 63-year-old president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was just one month away from stepping down after a decade in office, could not be confirmed. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
Soldiers walk at an entrance to the compound containing government ministries, after taking power in a coup on Wednesday, in Bamako, Mali Thursday, March 22, 2012. Drunk soldiers looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) ? Coup leaders in Mali would not give details on the whereabouts of the democratically elected president more than a day after they stormed his compound and took power.
The streets of the capital, Bamako, were calm Friday.
Late Thursday, the coup leader said President Amadou Toumani Toure was "well and is safe," but did not say if he is being held by the putschists. Rumors that he was at a military camp protected by his presidential guard could not be confirmed.
Toure was to step down next month. Soldiers angry over his handling of an insurgency in the country's north stormed the palace on Wednesday. Toure has not been heard from since.
Toure is himself a soldier who came to power in a 1991 coup. He was hailed for handing power to civilians. He won the democratic election in 2002.
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