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BISSAU, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Barely a week after a failed coup, Guinea-Bissau has experienced another gun incident rekindling tensions in the West African country.
It was reported that unknown gunmen fired shots at a private radio station, Capital Radio, damaging their transmitter and other crucial equipment.
The station is an affiliate of the US international broadcaster, Voice of America (VOA), but it is not clear who carried out the attack or why. The same radio station was previously targeted in July 2020.
Last week’s attack on the presidency happened when the President was hosting a cabinet meeting. There has been no connection as yet between the attempted coup and this incident.
In an address after calm was restored, President Umaru Sissoko Embalo, said the plotters were likely linked to activities of drug lords and persons government was pursuing over corruption.
Eleven people were killed in the ensuing gun fight. Regional bloc, ECOWAS, is deploying a military force to help stabilize the country.
ECOWAS and the AU condemned the failed coup and urged the military to remain in the barracks and whiles undertaking their constitutionally mandated duties. — NNN-AGENCIES