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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 security forces in Guinea-Bissau have shot dead a minister and candidate in this month's presidential elections, along with three other people.
The authorities say Baciro Dabo died in an exchange of fire when he resisted arrest over an alleged coup plot.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. Mr Dabo's supporters say he was asleep with his wife when men in uniform burst into his house and repeatedly shot him.
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. The BBC's Will Ross says that election may now be postponed.
Three other people were also killed, said a statement from the interior ministry. He says the army looks set to continue to play a destabilising role in a country which has been plagued by coups since independence in 1975.
These include former Defence Minister Helder Proenca and two of his bodyguards. In recent years, it has also become a key transit point for trafficking cocaine from Latin America to Europe.
Prosecution fears?
Former Defence Minister Helder Proenca and two of his bodyguards were also killed in the shoot-out over the alleged coup plot, said a statement from the interior ministry.
Baciro Dabo was a close ally of former President Vieira (above)
The statement said several other politicians - all members of the ruling PAIGC party, like Mr Dabo - were detained.
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 PAIGC but was contesting the election as an independent.
He was one of 13 presidential candidates.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.