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Shortly after that, gunfire was heard outside the radio and television complex and [[State House]], the President's residence. About 9 A.M., a military commander announced on another station in the complex that the coup had been quelled.<ref name=nyt>[http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/29/world/zambia-says-a-coup-is-over-in-3-hours-without-injury.html Zambia Says a Coup Is Over In 3 Hours, Without Injury, New York Times, 29 October 1997]</ref> | Shortly after that, gunfire was heard outside the radio and television complex and [[State House]], the President's residence. About 9 A.M., a military commander announced on another station in the complex that the coup had been quelled.<ref name=nyt>[http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/29/world/zambia-says-a-coup-is-over-in-3-hours-without-injury.html Zambia Says a Coup Is Over In 3 Hours, Without Injury, New York Times, 29 October 1997]</ref> | ||
Captain Solo called his coup ''Operation Born Again'' and said he would appoint a cabinet of military men. | |||
==Arrest, trial and imprisonment== | ==Arrest, trial and imprisonment== | ||
