{"id":28759,"date":"2022-02-01T20:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T17:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=28759"},"modified":"2022-02-01T20:03:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T17:03:50","slug":"videos-sustained-gunfire-rocks-guinea-bissau-presidential-palace-during-cabinet-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/01\/videos-sustained-gunfire-rocks-guinea-bissau-presidential-palace-during-cabinet-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEOS: Sustained Gunfire Rocks Guinea Bissau Presidential Palace During Cabinet Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports from Bissau, the capital of the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, say there has been gunfire in the vicinity of the presidential palace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports say soldiers have surrounded the building. President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 is understood to be inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another video circulating &#8211; reportedly taken outside the Presidential Palace in Guinea Bissau earlier today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m4UhubSzBb\">pic.twitter.com\/m4UhubSzBb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Samira Sawlani (@samirasawlani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samirasawlani\/status\/1488543554607755266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A witness in Guinea-Bissau has told BBC Focus on Africa that armed men in civilian clothing opened fire at the ministerial palace in the capital, Bissau, where the president and prime minister were holding a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BISSAU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#BISSAU<\/a><br> <br>Heavy gunfire being reported in the capital of Guinea-Bissau near a government compound, where a cabinet meeting is being held, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Reuters<\/a><br><br>President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is believed to be in the compound for an extraordinary council of ministers<br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1n1eHO8e83\">pic.twitter.com\/1n1eHO8e83<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kennedy Wandera (@KennedyWandera_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KennedyWandera_\/status\/1488542937575219205?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current whereabouts of President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 and Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam are unknown, the source says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the witness, the military and police went to the scene where the armed men were firing, following which a police officer was shot.Soldiers are patrolling the streets of Bissau in military vehicles and some calm has returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guinea-Bissau has a long history of political instability and military coups, the last of which was in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports from Bissau, the capital of the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, say there has been gunfire in the vicinity of the presidential palace. Reports say soldiers have surrounded the building. President Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 is understood to be inside. 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