Truemors
The president of East Timor. Jose Ramos-Horta, has been injured by gunfire during an attack on his home, an army spokesman says.A renegade soldier, Alfredo Reinado, was shot dead by the president's guards. The president was reportedly shot in the stomach.
Last November, Reinado had threatened to use force against the government.
Further updates:
From The Herald Sun
"Mr Ramos-Horta's condition was not immediately known. One report from the capital said he had been wounded in the stomach.
The spokesman said one of Mr Ramos-Horta's guards was also killed in the attack.
Gunmen opened fire from two cars as they passed Mr Ramos-Horta's home before dawn this morning, reports from Dili have said.
The military spokesman said Reinado had been killed by return fire
from the president's guards, the Associated Press has reported.
Australian officers with the International Stabilisation Force (ISF)
said Ramos-Horta's house in Dili had been cordoned off and troops had
rushed to the residence.
Reinado was involved in an incident last week when his rebel group fired up to eight warning shots at Australian ISF troops.
The ISF soldiers did not return fire and no casualties were reported.
Reinado escaped from prison after the bloody clashes between rival gangs in the country two years ago.
He also eluded capture by Australian troops sent in to East Timor's mountain villages to find him."
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