Six killed in Guinea Bissau fire fight
Six people were killed in a gun battle near Guinea-Bissau's capital overnight in an apparent counter-coup attempt, sources said yesterday.
The West African state, a hub for international cocaine traffickers, is in the midst of a messy recovery after the army overthrew the government and derailed elections in April.
Military officials said the fighting erupted overnight near an air force base just outside the city, adding six "rebels" were killed and several others detained.
Some of the attackers were from an ethnic group, Djolla, common in neighbouring Senegal's southern Casamance region, they said, asking not to be named.
They declined to comment on whether the attack targeted General Antonio Indjai who led the April coup and is believed to have a residence near the air force base.
Several Bissau officials, including election front-runner and former prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior, went into exile in Portugal after the April coup.
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