WORLD BRIEFING / GUINEA-BISSAU
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Attackers armed with rocket-propelled grenades targeted the headquarters of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces, destroying part of the building, witnesses said.
Army troops encircled the area and were searching for the unknown assailants. The impoverished former Portuguese colony in West Africa has a history of coups and civil conflict.
Military officers ordered two private radio stations in the capital to cease broadcasting, and state television also appeared to have stopped.
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