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.
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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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