BISSAU - Armed men early on Saturday tried, unsuccessfully, to attack the presidential palace and interior ministry in Guinea-Bissau, leaving one policeman dead and two injured, police said.
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The attackers, whose number and motives were unknown, were armed with Kalachnikov assault rifles, inspector general of police Bitchofla Na Fafe told AFP. They tried to enter the presidential palace and ministry of internal administration at about 5:00 am local time (0500 GMT), located about several dozen metres apart, but were met by police, he added. One policeman was killed in the exchange of shots, while two others have been seriously injured and taken to hospital, he said. Four attackers were arrested and are being held for questioning at the ministry of internal administration, he added. The four belong to a regiment of parachute commandos but no further information is available, the police official said. |