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Shooting in military camp attributed to drunken row

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    Prime Minister Caetano Intchama denied on Monday that shooting heard overnight near the headquarters of the armed forces was due to dissatisfaction among soldiers over overdue allowances. He said the shots were fired during a row between two drunken individuals. Portuguese radio reported witnesses as saying that the sporadic shooting was the work of young soldiers who shouted that they were dying on the border with Senegal - where the military have been engaging rebels fighting for independence for Casamance, southern Senegal - while some officials had two or three cars. Radiodifusao Portuguesa reported anonymous sources as saying that, in the early hours of Monday, a group of young soldiers stole food destined for high-ranking officers near the armed forces headquarters.

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