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The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, says he was the target of a coup d’état and confirmed, in , that he was detained by the military this Wednesday, around 12:00, in his office at the presidential palace, in Bissau.
According to Lusa, which cites witnesses on the ground, small arms and war shots have been heard in the center of the city of Bissau, the country’s capital, since 12:40.
