Ivory Coast: Six journalists arrested over 'false news' on mutiny

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Six journalists arrested over 'false news' on mutiny
Journalist and media owners held for "spreading false information" about a mutiny by security forces, officials say.
Six journalists, including three media owners, have been arrested in the Ivory Coast for "spreading false information" about a mutiny by security forces, their newspapers and the public prosecutor said.

The move came after elite forces became the latest troops to protest over pay in recent weeks in the West African nation, firing into the air in the army barracks town of Adiake.

"Regarding recent action taken by the military... we have come to believe that certain media organisations are spreading false information in a bid to encourage soldiers to revolt," said a statement from the public prosecutor broadcast on national television on Sunday.

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