A shoot-out between unidentified assailants and officers in Guinea-Bissau's capital amid reports of an attempted coup has left people "very worried about the prevailing situation", a local journalist tells the BBC.
"It was a panic - everybody trying to take refuge in a safe place. In 1998 in the civil war, 2,500 people were killed in clashes between General [Ansumane] Mané and the president - and people are afraid of such an event happening again," Alfred Dabo said.
Tuesday's events in Guinea-Bissau come amid an atmosphere of "discord" prompted by the president's cabinet reshuffle last week, the journalist added.
Guinea-Bissau has seen nine coups or attempted coups since 1980, the most recent of which was in 2012.
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BBC