The pilots pretended to follow orders on the ground but once airborne they ignored them and instead dropped the bombs over Mount Kenya forests. President Moi later announced that loyal army and police units had crushed an attempted coup on his civilian government.
At least 9 civilians were killed and scores of casualties were reported at the three air force bases. Hospitals reported that more than 50 people mainly civilians had been treated for gunshot injuries.
Moi advised Kenyans to stay at home "until this trouble is over". Sporadic firings were still being heard in downtown Nairobi where army officials said rebel snipers were holed up on top of high rise buildings.
More than 300 air force personnel were later captured and detained but the colonel who led the coup (Ochuka) was still at large.
He had escaped to Tanzania but was extradited back to Kenya where he was tried and found guilty of leading the coup attempt. He was hanged in 1987.
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