According to news reaching us few seconds ago,we're briefed that,Military units in Lesotho have surrounded government and police buildings and gunfire has been heard in the small mountainous southern African kingdom, in what diplomats said appeared to be an attempted coup.
Reports has it that,The military seized control of the tiny police headquarters and jammed radio stations and phones in the early hours of today Saturday 30th August 2014
A government minister and member of the ruling coalition told the AFP news agency.
According to him, the incident started At four o'clock this morning (02:00G MT) saying "the soldiers were driving around the residence of the prime minister and my residence," he said.
"There have been some gunfighting since 4am local time up until 7 or 8. They've jammed phones, they have jammed everything."
South African radio stations were also said to have reported that private radio stations were off the air in the nation, which is geographically surrounded by its larger neighbour.
Al Jazeera's Tania Page, reporting from Johannesburg, said: "The army is on the street in vehicles, and appear to have taken control of the police station in the capital.
source said "This could be move by the Lesotho Congress Party to demand the reopening of parliament."Feuding coalition
Political tensions have been running high in the landlocked country since June when Prime Minister Thomas Thabane suspended the country's parliament to avoid a no-confidence vote amid feuding in the two-year-old coalition government.
Since independence in 1966, Lesotho has undergone a number of military coups.
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