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| Subject: YaY! Guinea-Bissau "president" shot dead Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:40 pm | |
| Renegade soldiers have shot dead the president of the West African country of Guinea-Bissau, officials say.
The killing of Joao Bernardo Vieira is thought to have been a revenge attack, after the army chief of staff died in an explosion a few hours earlier.
The army denies there is a coup, and the capital Bissau is said to be quiet.
Guinea-Bissau is one of the world's poorest states. It has a history of coups and has become a major transit route for smuggling cocaine to Europe.
It's not only the assassination of a president or a chief of staff, it's the assassination of democracy
The cabinet announced seven days of national mourning for both leaders and launched a judicial inquiry into the deaths.
"President Vieira was killed by the army as he tried to flee his house, which was being attacked by a group of soldiers close to the chief of staff Tagme Na Waie, early this morning," military spokesman Zamora Induta told AFP news agency.
He accused Mr Vieira of being responsible for the death of the army chief of staff, with whom he had fallen out.
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| Subject: Re: YaY! Guinea-Bissau "president" shot dead Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:44 pm | |
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