Wamba was eventually deposed in a bloodless coup. A military coup in 1969 overthrew King Idris I. Zia was assassinated during an attempted military coup in Chittagong in 1981. It was effectively a military coup. The ensuing instability following the 1961 coup culminated in the 8 March 1963 Ba'athist coup. Claims of electoral fraud were one of the reasons given by the coup plotters. This resulted in the arrest and executions of the coup plotters. This possibility was used as a pretext for the "coup". He testified Musharraf began preparations of a coup after the Kargil conflict. Ioannides was responsible for the 1974 coup against President Makarios of Cyprus. Following the Thai military coup of 22 May 2014. He did not return until days after the coup. Claudius arrests Silius and the leaders of the coup. CIA involvement in the coup is documented. This help led to the 1974 marxist coup of Mengistu.