Two killed in mystery assault on Interior Ministry

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BISSAU- - Two security guards were killed and one was injured when a group of about 20 armed men in military uniform attacked the Interior Ministry in the capital of Guinea-Bissau before dawn on Saturday, Interior Minister Mumine Embalo said.

Embalo told reporters that four people were detained following the exchange of fire, two of whom were attackers captured in the heat of the engagement. The other two were suspects who were picked up afterwards, he added.

Brigadier General Armando Gomes, the army chief of staff, described the attack as "an isolated incident" provoked by people who wanted to disrupt the country's return to constitutional rule.