Guinea-Bissau

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Staatsstreich-Versuch in Guinea-Bissau. Und anscheinend waren es dieses Mal keine Militärs, sondern Gruppen aus der organisierten Kriminalität...

Guinea-Bissau: Many dead after coup attempt, president says

The president of Guinea-Bissau has said he survived a coup attempt after being under heavy gunfire for five hours.

Umaro Cissoko Embaló said the attackers tried to kill him and his entire cabinet at the government palace. He said many others had been killed in the fighting on both sides. Local media reported at least six deaths - four attackers and two guards. The attackers were linked to drug trafficking in the country, he said, without providing further details. [...] A security source, who did not want to be identified, told the BBC that gunmen in civilian clothes had opened fire and a police officer had been killed. Some initial reports also said that the cabinet had been captured.

Mr Embaló, however, said the attackers failed to break into the cabinet meeting. [...] Guinea-Bissau, with a population of just under two million people, is one of the poorest countries in the world. The former Portuguese colony has seen nine coups or attempted coups since 1980.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60220701

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