Guinea-Bissau's head of state Joao Bernado Vieira accused former president Mohmed Koumba Yalla of connections with mutineers who fired at the presidential residence in the capital city of Bissau early Sunday morning.
The presidential press service told Xinhua that the renegade soldiers were linked to Yala, leader of the Party of Social Renovation (PRS) who has rejected the results of last Sunday's legislative election.
The attackers fired at Vieira's fortified home at about 2:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), killing one of the presidential guards and wounding several others, according to the same source.
The presidential guard was returning fire when he was shot to death and found by other soldiers in defense of the residence.
President Vieira called on foreign envoys and international organizations to note the damage caused to his place by the attack.
The mutiny occurred after the National Electoral Commission announced the provisional results on Friday, which showed the traditionally dominant African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won 67 out of the 100 parliament seats. The PAIGC was followed by Yalla's PRS.
On Saturday, Yalla received a subpoena from Prosecutor General Luis Manel Cabral asking him to answer questions on his accusation of President Vieira of involvement in drug deals.
Yala, who won a presidential election in 2000 but was overthrown in a 2003, had previously complained that the vote at the party's northern stronghold Circle Five was delayed until Monday.
He met with UN special envoy in Guinea- Bissau Shola Omoragie to file a protest against the PAIGC, which claimed to win more than 80 percent of votes before the official results were published.
Nearly 600,000 of the country's 1.5 million population were registered to chose lawmakers for the country's fourth National Assembly since its independence in 1974.
About 20 political parties contended in the race, where the most influential included the PAIGC, the PRS and the newly-formed Republican Party for Independence and Development.
The UN Security Council on Thursday welcomed the legislative election in Guinea-Bissau, urging the political parties to respect the results.
Guinea-Bissau has been plagued by coups and revolts since its independence from Portugal. Instability triggered a civil war between 1998 and 1999, toppling Vieira who had ruled the country for 19 years.
Vieira, stilled seen as a hero by many in the struggle for the country's independence, returned to power after winning the presidential election of the country in 2005. But the situation has remained unstable with changes of government.
The African Union issued a statement after the mutiny in Bissau, saying it will not allow any new coup to derail an election widely applauded as a success.
Source: Xinhua
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