Special U.N police from Portugal stand guard outside the office of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili after the country's interim president Vicente Guterres declared a state of emergency in Dili February 12, 2008. Ramos-Horta was in a serious but stable condition on Tuesday in an Australian hospital, but medics were planning more surgery for up to three gunshot wounds, a senior doctor said. Ramos-Horta was critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an assassination attempt by rebel soldiers and was airlifted to Darwin on life support after treatment at an Australian military hospital.
The body of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado lies on the ground after an attack on the house of East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili February 11, 2008. Ramos-Horta was critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in the assassination attempt by rebel soldiers. Picture taken February 11, 2008.
East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (R), who escaped injury in an attack, speaks during a news conference in Dili February 11, 2008. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot in the stomach on Monday at his home in Dili in a separate assassination attempt by rebel soldiers that analysts said could spark renewed violence and political chaos in the tiny nation.
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