, A botched attempt at revenge was the conclusion of São Tomé s Public Prosecutor following its investigation of the failed assault of the military barracks of 25 November.
, In the early hours of 25 November, heavy gunfire was heard in the military district in São Tomé when four men, Sãotomean veterans of apartheid South Africa s infamous Buffalo Battalion, assaulted the military barracks with the support of 12 soldiers within and a group outside the barracks waiting in a vehicle.