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| Gunmen 'kill candidate in Bissau' | Gunmen 'kill candidate in Bissau' |
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| Armed men have killed a candidate in Guinea Bissau's presidential elections, reports say. | Armed men have killed a candidate in Guinea Bissau's presidential elections, reports say. |
| Baciro Dabo's security chief told the AFP news agency that men in uniform had burst into his house in the early hours and demanded to see the candidate. | Baciro Dabo's security chief told the AFP news agency that men in uniform had burst into his house in the early hours and demanded to see the candidate. |
| The 28 June election was called after President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed by soldiers in March. | The 28 June election was called after President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed by soldiers in March. |
| Guinea Bissau has been plagued by instability and coups since independence in 1975. | Guinea Bissau has been plagued by instability and coups since independence in 1975. |
| Security chief Mamadou Saliou Djalo told AFP that Mr Dabo, 50, had been shot several times. | Security chief Mamadou Saliou Djalo told AFP that Mr Dabo, 50, had been shot several times. |
| AFP reports that Mr Dabo, a former minister, was a member of the ruling PAIGC party but was contesting the election as an independent. | |
| Mr Vieira was hacked to death with machetes on 2 March by soldiers who blamed him for a bomb which had killed the army chief of staff hours earlier. | |
| In recent years, Guinea Bissau has become a major hub in trafficking cocaine from Latin America to Europe. |