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On April 1, 2010, soldiers entered UN offices and left with Bubo Na Tchuto.
The same day, soldiers entered Prime Minister Carlos Gomes JĂșnior's residence and held him on the premises.
Simultaneously, forty military officers, including Zamora Induta, head of Guinea-Bissau's armed forces, were being held at an army base.
Hundreds of the PM's supporters demanded his release.
In response, the deputy army chief, Antonio Ndjai, said: " If the people continue to go out into the streets to show their support for Carlos Gomes Junior, then I will kill Carlos Gomes Junior ... or I will send someone to kill him.
" The following day the PM was taken to meet with the president where he said: " I will not resign because I was democratically elected.
I consider what happened on Thursday as an incident.
The situation is now stable.
I can assure you that institutions will return to their normal functions.
" The UN secretary general and other international powers condemned the move, while government ministers issued a statement saying " Members of government expressed their support and their attachment to the prime minister and firmly condemned the use of force as a means to resolve problems.
" Tensions seemingly calmed with President Sanha saying the coup attempt was " a confusion between soldiers that reached the government ;" and the UN Secretary General spoke about the PM's " detention and subsequent release.
" Nevertheless while the members of the cabinet and the international community condemned the attempted coup and talked about the PM's release, reports still indicated that " renegade soldiers " had the PM " under guard.

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