Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Suva
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Queen Elizabeth Barracks is a Fijian Army base, located in the suburb of
Nabua Nabua, officially the Municipality of Nabua ( Rinconada Bikol: ''Banwāan ka Nabua''; Tagalog: ''Bayan ng Nabua''), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8 ...
, in Suva and is the national headquarters of the Fijian military. The barracks, commonly known as QEB, was the scene of an unsuccessful army mutiny on 2 November 2000. Four soldiers were killed, and four of the rebels were beaten to death after being captured. It was from QEB that the Fiji military coordinated its
coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
on 5 December 2006.


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QEB Mutinies 2000 Fijian coup d'état 2000 crimes in Fiji {{Fort-stub