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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 minister and 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, a key transit point for trafficking cocaine to Europe, has been plagued by coups since independence.
Journalist Jean Gomis told the BBC's Network Africa programme that Mr Dabo, the minister of territorial administration, was a close ally of former President Vieira.
He says that high-ranking members of the military may have feared that Mr Dabo could prosecute those responsible for killing the president if he won the elections.
Mr Gomis says that Mr Dabo was killed in front of his wife.
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 Dabo was a senior 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.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. No-one has been prosecuted over the killing.