Frankfurt’s Aymen Barkok (r.) In a duel with BVB star Erling Haaland.
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A World Cup qualifying game has now been canceled due to a presumed coup attempt. Right in the middle: Bundesliga professional Aymen Barkok from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Conakry – The Bundesliga * is currently on a break, a number of players are currently in action for their national teams. The qualifying games for the upcoming soccer World Cup in Qatar are scheduled – the DFB selection is also facing important tasks.
At Eintracht Frankfurt * there are also some stoppages. One of the players who are currently traveling around the globe is Aymen Barkok. The 23-year-old should actually play with the Moroccan national team in Guinea on Monday. In West Africa, however, the situation is currently extremely tense after an alleged coup attempt.
Guinea: attempted coup in capital Conakry – Bundesliga professional Barkok before evacuation
The world football association FIFA has now canceled the World Cup qualifier between Guinea and Morocco scheduled for Monday. The Moroccan team currently in Conakry is said to be safe, according to the French news agency AFP.
According to functionary Mohamed Makrouf, the Moroccan association is working to evacuate the team. You are currently in a hotel, “far away from the tension. There is already an airplane at the airport. ”It has not yet been determined when the game will be rescheduled.
What happened in Guinea? Sections of the military couped against the government and claimed to have taken President Alpha Condé prisoner. Special forces of the army had “dissolved” the government, it said in a video of the coup plotters, the news agency AFP closed on Sunday. The Defense Ministry said an attack on the presidential seat by special forces had been repulsed.
Putsch in Guinea: “We have also decided to overthrow the government and close the borders”
After the president’s capture, it was decided to repeal the constitution and dissolve the institutions, the putschists said in the video. “We have also decided to overthrow the government and close the borders,” said the chief of the special forces, Lt. Col. Mamady Doumbouya in the video. Doumbouya’s statement was later shown on state television, where he denounced “mismanagement” wrapped in a Guinean flag.
President Condé in the power of the coup plotters can also be seen in a video. The head of state – sitting on a sofa in jeans and a shirt – refuses to answer the putschists’ question as to whether he has been mistreated.
The Defense Ministry said “the insurgents” had spread fear and terror in the capital, Conakry, and attacked the presidential palace. The presidential guard, supported by the defense and security forces, would have pushed back the attackers.
Gunfire had previously been reported from Conakry. The military was mainly seen on the streets of the Kaloum peninsula, where the presidential office and numerous government institutions of the West African country are, as an AFP reporter reported. (akl / sid / afp) * tz.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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