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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Coup attempt in Guinea Bissau before the presidential election

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See Guinea Bissau coup attempt carried out by the military took control of the headquarters of National Radio and attacked the headquarters of Prime Minister of the outgoing Carlos Gomes Jr., candidate for the presidential elections scheduled for April 29.

It was supposed to face Carlos Gomes Jr., the opposition leader Kumba Yala in the second round of elections.

He said police at the headquarters of the candidate for the presidency, "we were attacked by anti-tank missiles, and we were forced to retreat" .. And the imposition of military security cordon around the presidential palace and the nearby roads without knowing the fate of the Acting President Raimundo Pereira, and about twenty soldiers occupied the headquarters of the ruling party.

And strained for several days with the fear of an outbreak of violence in the former Portuguese colony, which is known several coups and coup attempts by military and political violence since independence in 1974.

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