JAKARTA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- UN police and Australian peace-keeper troops stepped up patrols in the Timor-Leste capital of Dili Tuesday after Monday's failed coup by rebel soldiers that left President Ramos Horta seriously wounded.

    Armored vehicles and more than 2,000 armed personnel tightly guarded the capital, Jakarta-based Metro TV reported.

    TV footage showed Australia's C-130 personnel carriers landed in Dili to deploy more troops earlier in the day, as acting president Vicente Guterres declared a two-day state of emergency.

    Under the emergency, demonstrations and mass gatherings are banned while residents must stay home from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m..

    The Australia-led coalition forces and the UN police were invited in 2006 to restore order amid factional clashes that killed 37 people and displaced over 100,000 others, following the abrupt sacking of 600 soldiers.

    Australia Tuesday deployed some 200 troops to join 1,000 countrymen already stationed in Timor-Leste.

    The deployment was a response to the Monday's coordinated attacks on leaders of Asia's youngest country, believed to be attempts to overthrow the legitimate government.

    Ramos Horta, 58, got gunshot wounds in the stomach in the coordinated attacks by renegade soldiers that also targeted Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, who escaped an ambush unhurt.

    Horta is being treated at a hospital in Darwin. Local media reports said his condition was stable but remains critical.

    Fugitive renegade soldier leader Major Alfredo Reinado was killed in shootouts at Horta's home. Another attacker was killed and a presidential guard injured in the clash.

    Timor-Leste occupies the eastern half of Timor Island while its giant neighbor Indonesia owns another half.

    The tiny country gained independence in May 2002 after a UN-sponsored ballots ended Jakarta's 24-year rule in 1999.