Queen Elizabeth Barracks is a
Fijian Army base, located in the suburb of
Nabua, in
Suva
Suva (, ) is the Capital city, capital and the most populous city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rew ...
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 (; ; ), or simply a coup
, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...
on 5 December 2006.
References
QEB
Mutinies
2000 Fijian coup d'état
2000 crimes in Fiji
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