Army storms presidential palace

Madagascar's army surrounded the presidential palace in the capital, where several gunshots were heard, according to witnesses. President Marc Ravalomanana was not in the building. Madagascar’s army surrounded a presidential palace in the capital city of Antananarivo, where several gunshots were heard as the crisis in the Indian Ocean island nation escalated on Monday. Reporting from Antananarivo,  two armored vehicles charged at the entrance of the presidential palace, flattening the gates. Marc Ravalomanana, Madagascar’s embattled president, was not inside the building. Ravalomanana is believed to be holed up in another presidential palace located about 12 kilometres outside the capital city. Reporting from the front gates of the presidential palace in Antananarivo, Vanier explained that there were two presidential palaces in Madagascar. “One, where the president currently resides about 12 km outside the capital, and the one under attack, which is largely symbolic,” .