he's said to have close ties to blaze cam paing na. three were killed, many wounded after hundreds took to the streets to protest the coup. >> translation: people started to come out. we saw a military vehicle, they shot. killing people. >> translation: they started the whole thing. we don't like that. if they continue like this, we'll go up against them. we'll ruin everything. >> the u.s. and france strongly condemned the coup. diplomatic editor james basehas more. >> we have strong statements coming out of the washington d.c., the state department, and here from the united nations. people, i think, are shocked by the fact that this country that was going to have elections, that that has been, for now, derailed by this coup. the u.n. security council put out a statement cobb deming in the -- condemning in the strongest terms what happened. ban ki-moon, the u.n. secretary-general was outraged by the detention of the interim president and prom. what they'll try to get is a clear pictures of what is going on on the ground in the country