Coup apparently attempted in Guinea-Bissau

Coup apparently attempted in Guinea-Bissau - Yahoo! News document.body.className = ‘js-enabled‘; Skip to navigation » Skip to content » U.S. Australia/Antarctica Coup apparently attempted in Guinea-Bissau Buzz Up IM del.icio.us Yahoo! Bookmarks By ASSIMO BALDE, Associated Press Writer Assimo Balde, Associated Press Writer – 10 mins ago AP – FILE *** Guinea Bissau‘s President Joao Bernardo Vieira talks to the media during a press conference …

The soldiers attacked President Joao Bernardo Vieira‘s home shortly after midnight, killing at least one of his guards and injuring several others before security forces were able to push them back, Interior Minister Cipriano Cassama said.

"It‘s unacceptable that we should have another coup in this country," he declared.

Dozens of security forces surrounded the president‘s home in a residential area of the capital after hours of artillery and rocket-propelled-grenade fire. Inside, a reporter saw spent shell casings littering the floors, including in the president‘s bedroom.

Local TV broadcast images of Vieira on Sunday morning meeting with foreign diplomats and government officials in his recently attacked home.

President Abdoulaye Wade of neighboring Senegal ordered troops to the border with Guinea-Bissau after receiving a panicked phone call from Vieira in the night, and offered to send a plane to Bissau to get Vieira and his family, Wade‘s spokesman said. He said Vieira has so far declined the offer.

Wade also called African Union commission chairman Jean Ping to alert him to the situation, Sall said.

The former Portuguese colony has a history of coups and misrule. Vieira initially seized power in a 1980 coup. He was deposed in another coup in 1998, which ushered in a brief civil war.

Yala‘s party lost seven seats in the 100-seat legislature in last week‘s election, while the governing party went from 45 seats to 67.

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