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Article: 2nd LD: Attack on presidential palace in Equatorial Guinea foiled: agencies
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- February 17, 2009
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2nd LD: Attack on presidential palace in Equatorial Guinea
foiled: agencies 2nd LD: Attack on presidential palace in Equatorial
Guinea foiled: agencies
LUANDA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- An attempted attack on the
presidential palace in Equatorial Guinea has been foiled, reports
from news agencies said on Tuesday.
A group of gunmen by boat landed on the beach of the third oil
producing country in sub-Saharan Africa before launching the predawn
attack.
The government has declared control of the situation after an
exchange of fire with attackers, saying one of them was shot dead
and several others got drowned when the Navy destroyed their boat.
The reported fight lasted three hours around the ...