( CNN ) -- Authorities in Ecuador on Saturday extended a state of emergency indefinitely , an action that mobilizes the military to be in charge of securing the country instead of the police . The extension comes after President Rafael Correa was attacked by police on September 30 . The decree in the capital city of Quito was scheduled to expire Friday . Troops rescued Correa in a dramatic shootout with officers at a hospital , where Correa said he was held for more than 10 hours . Police officers have said they were angered by a new law that would take away their bonuses and reduce their compensation . Correa , who was roughed up and hit by tear gas , said the law would do no such thing and the police officers had not read it . He described the events as an attempted coup . However , a congressman from the opposition party told Colombia-based Caracol TV , a CNN affiliate , that the day 's events were provoked and planned by Correa . `` Everything was staged by the president to hide the extreme corruption and to hide the poverty , hunger and unemployment that have risen to an alarming level , '' said Gilmar Gutierrez , a congressman and brother of former president Lucio Gutierrez , the man Correa claimed was behind the coup attempt . `` There was no coup , '' Gutierrez said Monday . Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh said at least four people were killed in the standoff -- two soldiers , a police officer and a university student . Nearly 200 others were injured in unrest throughout the country , authorities said .
Authorities extend the decree indefinitely . It mobilizes the military to be in charge of securing the country instead of the police . The extension comes after President Rafael Correa was attacked by police on September 30 .