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Liberian coup leader Quiwonkpa reported killed
Liberian state radio says Brigadier Gen Thomas Quiwonkpa, leader of a failed coup, was shot dead by government forces. President Samuel Doe’s regime reported arrests of opposition figures and a fire at an opposition party headquarters as borders and airports remained closed after the effort.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Thomas Quiwonkpa
Samuel Doe
Monrovia
Quiwonkpa
Liberia
Doe
British Broadcasting Corp
Lon
Don
Elna
Maurice Zeze
Rudolf Kolaco
India
Patrick Kugmeh
Associated Press
Zeze
Kugmeh
AP London
Carlos Smith
Unity Party
Ellen Johnson
Senate
Liberia Action Party
William Tolbert
Tel Aviv
Israel
Shimon Peres
Ariel Sharon
Sharon
Peres
Labor Party
Likud Bloc
Yitzhak Shamir
Uri Savir