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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Guinea-Bissau's president 'assassinated' AFP - Tuesday, March 3 BISSAU (AFP) - - Guinea-Bissau soldiers gunned down veteran president Joao Bernardo Vieira as he fled his home Monday following turmoil in which the army chief was killed in a bomb explosion, military officials said. ADVERTISEMENT The West African nation's army blamed Vieira, 69, for the death of their leader, General Tagme Na Waie, in the bomb attack on Sunday, a military spokesman, Captain Zamora Induta, told AFP. Vieira's supporters and the army fought in the capital, Bissau, on Sunday and rocket explosions and automatic weapon fire could be heard in the capital early Monday. The killings have been condemned by the African Union and former colonial ruler Portugal. Vieira, one of the leaders of Guinea-Bissau's fight against Portuguese rule, led the impoverished country from 1980 to 1999 and then became president again in 2005 until his death. While the country has become a notorious transit point for the cocaine trade between South America and Europe, relations between Vieira and the army have been deteriorating for months. "President Vieira was killed by the army as he tried to flee his house which was being attacked by a group of soldiers close to the head of the chief of staff, Tagme Na Waie, early this morning," the spokesman said. Vieira was "taken down by bullets fired by these soldiers," he said. Soldiers then looted Vieira's home, a witness told AFP. "They were taking everything they could carry, his personal belongings, the furniture, everything." Induta said the president was "one of the main people responsible for the death of Tagme" who was killed in a bomb attack on the military headquarters in Bissau on Sunday night. One of Tagme's army bodyguards said the bomb had been hidden under some stairs and exploded as the general was walking up to his office. "He had barely put his foot on the step when it went off," the officer told AFP on condition of anonymity. The blast destroyed a large part of the main headquarters building. Five other people were wounded. The assassination comes after weeks of mounting rivalry between the president and the military leadership. Shortly after parliamentary elections in November, won by Vieira's party, an attack by soldiers on the office of the president -- possibly a mutiny or a coup bid -- left two people dead. In January, the chief of staff ordered the disarming of militia in the presidential guard after claiming soldiers had tried to kill him. Tagme said members of the presidential guard had opened fire on his car in an assassination bid. The African Union's top executive, Jean Ping, denounced Viera's assassination as a "criminal act". "I was deeply shocked this morning to hear of the assassination of the president of the republic of Guinea-Bissau, Nino Vieira. The AU and myself firmly condemn this criminal act," Ping told AFP, using Vieira's nickname. The killing "is serious notably because it comes at a time when efforts were under way to bolster peace following the November election," he said. Portugal "strongly condemned" the attack and called an emergency meeting of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) to discuss the crisis in its former colony. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, head of the Economic Community of West African States, said the killing of Vieira was a serious blow to democracy in the whole region. "We want to consolidate democracy, peace and security in this region. The death of a president, of a chief of staff, is very grave news," Chambas said. "It's not only the assassination of a president or a chief of staff, it's the assassination of democracy," he said. Guinea-Bissau, sandwiched between Senegal and Guinea, is one of the poorest countries in Africa, with a population of around 1.7 million. The army spokesman said the killing of the president presented an opportunity to turn over a new leaf. "The country will start up now. This man had blocked any momentum in this small country," Induta said. Guinea-Bissau has suffered repeated political unrest and coups since gaining independence from Portugal in 1974. The country has become key transit point for South American cocaine en route to Europe. A recent report by the International Crisis Group, a think tank, said some soldiers had become involved in drugs smuggling and were opposed "to a reform that could force them into retirement and cut them off from lucrative drugs trafficking income". Vieira took power in a bloodless coup in 1980 and ruled until 1999 with support from the army and his African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC). He went into exile following a civil war, before returning in 2004 and being re-elected a year later. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (2 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Enlarge Photo File picture shows a soldier in Guinea-Bissau's capital Bissau. Guinea-Bissau soldiers gunned down veteran president Joao Bernardo Vieira as he fled his home Monday following turmoil in which the army chief was killed in a bomb explosion, military officials said. Most Popular – Top Stories Viewed Supermodel Bundchen ties knot with football star Brady Prada and Cavalli give Milan the boot US insurer AIG reports $61.7 bln loss in Q4 Stress, suicide: tough wounds for the US Army Stem cell breakthrough now goes one step further View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). 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