INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
just as security forces fought to restore calm during sustained shootouts at the Wilberforce military barracks, according to Information
President Julius Maada Bio earlier declared a nationwide curfew in response to the attacks.An Associated Press journalist in the capital
both said that the government and security forces are in control of the situation, trying to dismiss fears of a possible escalation of
violence in the country whose population of 8 million people is among the poorest in the world, having some of the lowest scores on the U.N
Human Development Index.No details were immediately given about the gunmen or the reason for the attack, which comes months after Bio was
reelected for a second term in a disputed vote in which the main opposition party accused the electoral commission of rigging the
The bloc has in recent months tried to reverse the surge in coups in West and Central Africa, which has recorded eight military takeovers
because of debilitating economic conditions
months after Bio won the disputed vote, police said they arrested several people, including senior military officers planning to use
