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Presidential guard officers in Burkina Faso have announced the dissolution of the transitional government.
A new "national democratic council" had taken control to end the "deviant regime", an officer said on state television.
Interim parliament speaker Cheriff Sy said the move was "clearly a coup".
There is heavy shooting by presidential forces at the revolutionary square in the capital, Oaugadougou, reports the BBC's Yacouba Ouedraogo from the city.
On Wednesday, the presidential guard arrested the interim president and prime minister.
They were due to hand power to a new government after elections on 11 October.
Long-serving ruler Blaise Compaore was ousted in a popular uprising last year.
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