2022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt

2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt
	; Map of Guinea-Bissau
Date	1 February 2022
Location	Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Result	Coup d'état failed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló says the coup was a "failed attack against democracy".; None of the main targets killed during the coup d'état.;
Belligerents
Government of Guinea-Bissau	Unknown
Commanders and leaders
Umaro Sissoco Embaló	Unknown
Casualties and losses
2+ guards killed	4+ attackers killed
	11 dead in total including 6 from the military

A coup d'état was attempted in Guinea-Bissau on 1 February 2022. A few hours later, president Umaro Sissoco Embaló declared the coup over, he said that "many" members of the security forces had been killed in a "failed attack against democracy".

The president Umaro Sissoco Embaló told the AFP news agency in a telephone call that "All is well", and added that the situation is "under control". He said that the failed coup attempt may have been linked to drug trade and was also an assassination attempt, "It wasn't just a coup. It was an attempt to kill the president, the prime minister and all the cabinet." He also stated that the army was not involved in the failed coup.

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