Soldiers walk on a street in Bissau after gunmen raided a Guinea-Bissau army barracks in the capital, sparking a firefight that left at least seven people dead. Photo: AFP Soldiers walk on a street in Bissau after gunmen raided a Guinea-Bissau army barracks in the capital, sparking a firefight that left at least seven people dead. Photo: AFP
Soldiers walk on a street in Bissau after gunmen raided a Guinea-Bissau army barracks in the capital, sparking a firefight that left at least seven people dead. Photo: AFP
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Guinea-Bissau accuses Portugal, former PM of staging coup bid

Accusation follows pre-dawn raid on elite army barracks that claimed seven lives

Agence France-Presse in Bissau

Updated: 4:26am, 23 Oct, 2012

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Soldiers walk on a street in Bissau after gunmen raided a Guinea-Bissau army barracks in the capital, sparking a firefight that left at least seven people dead. Photo: AFP Soldiers walk on a street in Bissau after gunmen raided a Guinea-Bissau army barracks in the capital, sparking a firefight that left at least seven people dead. Photo: AFP
Soldiers walk on a street in Bissau after gunmen raided a Guinea-Bissau army barracks in the capital, sparking a firefight that left at least seven people dead. Photo: AFP
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