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Combo Ayouba Coordinator of the Transitional Military Committee In office
29 September 1995 – 2 October 1995Preceded by Said Mohamed Djohar Succeeded by Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim Personal details Born c. 1953[1]
Anjouan, ComorosDied June 13, 2010 (aged 56–57)
Moroni, ComorosPolitical party Military Combo Ayouba (c. 1953 – June 13, 2010) was a Comoran colonel and senior member of the Military of Comoros. He was one of the highest ranking military officers in the Comoros at the time of his assassination in 2010.[2]
Ayouba was born on the island of Anjouan,[2] which was a French colony at the time. He initially worked as a police officer.[3] However, Ayouba was trained as a presidential guard by the French mercenary, Bob Denard, during the 1980s.[2]
On September 28, 1995, Bob Denard led his fourth military coup against the Comoran government. The coup, which Denard called Operation Kaskari, ousted President Said Mohamed Djohar, who was imprisoned in the military barracks. Colonel Ayouba became the Coordinator of the Transitional Military Committee, or head of state of the Comoros from September 29 until October 2, 1995, when the French military ousted Denard, Ayouba and their allies during Operation Azalee.
Ayouba was shot and killed at his home in Moroni on June 13, 2010.[2] He was one of the highest ranking officers in the Comoros at the time, and one of the few remaining officers who had been by Bob Denard.[2]
Ayouba's killing was condemned by the French Foreign Ministry, which issued a statement saying it "hopes that those responsible for this killing will be identified and be brought to justice."[4] The Comoran government deployed security forces to important government buildings throughout the capital, Moroni, following Ayouba's death.[3] Schools and stores were closed throughout the country following the assassination.[3] A demonstration by youths from Anjouan demanding the prosecution of Ayouba's killing was dispersed outside the Treasury building and courthouse.[3]
Ayouba and other key Comoran public figures, including General Salimou Amiri, President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi's chief of staff, reportedly received letters containing death threats in the months prior to Ayouba's killing.[3]
References
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/coup-captain-takes-over-in-the-comoros-1575554.html "Captain Ayouba, 42..."
- ^ a b c d e "Senior Comoran officer shot dead: police". Agence France Presse (Google News). 2010-06-13. Archived from the original on 2010-07-05. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gxvu5itISh5rWWiB4ih14hTkcq6Q. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Tension à Moroni après l'assassinat d'un responsable militaire des Comores". Radio France Internationale. 2010-06-14. http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20100614-tension-moroni-apres-assassinat-responsable-militaires-comores. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
- ^ "France condemns killing of Comoros colonel". Associated Press (Taiwan News). 2010-06-15. http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1288320&lang=eng_news. Retrieved 2010-07-05.
Categories:- 2010 deaths
- Comorian military personnel
- Heads of state of Comoros
- Assassinated Comorian people
- Assassinated military personnel
- People from Anjouan
- Deaths by firearm in Comoros
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