The tiny west African "narco-state" of Guinea Bissau was plunged into bloody turmoil today after João Bernardo Vieira, the democratically elected president, and the head of the army were killed in what seemed to be a clash between two rival groups of soldiers.
As gunfire was heard for several hours around the president's palace in the capital, Bissau, early this morning, it emerged that the chief of the armed forces, General Batista Tagme Na Waie, had died in an attack on the military's headquarters last night.
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