Republic of Guinea-BissauMOSCOW, Feb. 1 President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Shisoku Embalo said, that the shooting in the capital Bissau lasted for several hours, there are dead.
"He clarified that the shooting lasted five hours and that there were "many killed", — writes the publication Jeune Afrique.
At the same time, the president noted that he was in the palace, and calm was returning to the capital. «The situation is under control,» he said. Earlier media reported that the sounds of gunfire were heard near the government building of Guinea-Bissau in the capital the country of Bissau, where an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers was held with the participation of the President and the Prime Minister. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) previously called the events taking place in the country an attempted coup. As RIA Novosti was told at the Russian embassy, the airport, banks, government agencies and commercial enterprises stopped working in the city after the start of the skirmish. They noted that so far none of the political forces of Guinea-Bissau has taken responsibility for the storming of the government house. The group of attackers were in civilian clothes, and they were armed with machine guns and grenade launchers.
Four people were injured due to a coup in Guinea-Bissau, media reported