Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt

Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
	; Eternal flame and 1990 Coup Attempt Memorial, the Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Date	27 July – 1 August 1990
Location	Trinidad and Tobago
Result	Government victory; (coup suppression, 24 people dead including some insurrectionists, millions of dollars in property damage and losses)
Belligerents
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Government of Trinidad and Tobago; Defence Forces; Police Service; ;	Jamaat al Muslimeen
Commanders and leaders
A. N. R. Robinson (Prime Minister); Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran (acting Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Mobilization); Noor Mohamed Hassanali (President); Joseph Emmanuel Carter (acting President and Senate President); Col. Ralph Brown (Chief of Defence Staff); Jules Bernard (Commissioner of Police); Leonard Taylor (acting Commissioner of Police); Selwyn Richardson (Minister of National Security); Nizam Mohammed (House Speaker); Patrick Manning (Leader of the Opposition)	Yasin Abu Bakr; Bilaal Abdullah
	24 killed

The Jamaat al Muslimeen coup d'état attempt was an attempt to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago, instigated on Friday, 27 July 1990. Over the course of six days, Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical extremist Islamist group, held hostages (including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and other government officials) at the Red House and at the headquarters of the state-owned national television broadcaster, Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT). On 1 August, the insurgents surrendered. They were charged with treason, but were ordered released by the Court of Appeal. Twenty four people were killed and many more were injured in the coup.