Suva is still under curfew

The attempted mutiny at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks last Thursday, left eight soldiers dead after several hours of fighting.

It was led by men supporting jailed coup leader George Speight.

The capital Suva is still tense and under a curfew, with some rebel soldiers still at large.

Fiji's interim Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has appealed to the dozen or so rebel soldiers on the run to give themselves up.

The political crisis began in May, when Mr Speight seized parliament and held former Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government hostage for 56 days.

On May 19 the military declared martial law, abrogated the constitution and removed the Chaudhry government.

'Order a mistake'

The two officers were implicated by Captain Shane Stevens, a rebel soldiers arrested on Thursday, the state-owned Fiji Broadcasting reported.

An injured soldier is helped from the barracks

Lieutenant-Colonel Tarakinikini, who was recently sacked from his media role, said the order was a mistake.

"There is some confusion. They told me last night that it was best that if I moved around I moved around under some escort," he said.

"They said they were worried about my security, someone wants to shoot me."

Colonel Tarakinikini was originally named by Mr Speight as a supporter earlier in the year, which he denied.

Brutality

Local media reports described how three soldiers were shot at point blank range in the fierce gun battle during Thursday's attempted mutiny.

Speight has been charged with treason

Some reports say the military retaliated brutally to the killings.

Amnesty International has said it was aware of reports that some of the five rebels killed were beaten to death.

The military has denied the reports, but Fiji Human Rights Commissioner Justice Sailosi Kepa has said he would investigate how the five rebels died.

On Sunday, Australia Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he had received reports that the rebels had been killed "in a fairly brutal way" in retaliation for the soldiers killed in "cold blood".