2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt

2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt
	; Map of Guinea-Bissau
Date	1 February 2022
Location	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Result	Coup d'état failed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló says the coup was a "failed attack against democracy.";
Belligerents
Government of Guinea-Bissau	Unknown
Commanders and leaders
Umaro Sissoco Embaló	Unknown
Casualties and losses
2+ guards killed	4+ attackers killed

A failed coup d'état happened in Guinea-Bissau on 1 February 2022.^[1]^[2] Gunfire was heard coming from the government house in Bissau.^[3]

A few hours later, president Umaro Sissoco Embalo said the coup over, he said that "many" members of the security forces had been killed in a "failed attack against democracy."^[4]

References

↑ "Fears of Guinea-Bissau coup attempt amid gunfire in capital". the Guardian. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
↑ "Heavy gunfire heard near presidential palace in Guinea-Bissau". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
↑ "Gunfire near government house in Guinea-Bissau". France 24. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
↑ "Guinea-Bissau president says 'many' dead after 'failed attack against democracy'". France 24. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

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[1] "Fears of Guinea-Bissau coup attempt amid gunfire in capital". the Guardian. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[2] "Heavy gunfire heard near presidential palace in Guinea-Bissau". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[3] "Gunfire near government house in Guinea-Bissau". France 24. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

[:1-4] "Guinea-Bissau president says 'many' dead after 'failed attack against democracy'". France 24. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

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