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| Guinea-Bissau candidate shot dead | Guinea-Bissau candidate shot dead |
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| The security forces in Guinea-Bissau have shot dead a minister and candidate in this month's presidential elections. | |
| The authorities say Baciro Dabo died in an exchange of fire when he resisted arrest over an alleged coup plot. | |
| But his supporters say he was asleep next to his wife when men in uniform burst into his house at 0400 local time (and GMT) and shot him several times. | |
| 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, a key transit point for trafficking cocaine to Europe, has been plagued by coups since independence. | Guinea-Bissau, a key transit point for trafficking cocaine to Europe, has been plagued by coups since independence. |
| Three other people were also killed, said a statement from the interior ministry. | |
| These include former Defence Minister Helder Proenca and two of his bodyguards. | |
| 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. | 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. | 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 Dabo was a senior 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. |
| He was one of 13 presidential candidates. | |
| 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. |
| No-one has been prosecuted over the killing. | No-one has been prosecuted over the killing. |