'Three dead' after gun attack on Togo football team

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

The death toll from an attack on Togo's football team as they travelled in Angola has risen from one to three, reports say.

The team bus driver was killed in Friday's attack, with the deaths of the assistant coach and a spokesman announced a day later.
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The attackers machine-gunned the vehicle after it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola's oil-rich territory of Cabinda.

Rebels who have been fighting for the region's independence later said they had carried out the attack.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8449978.stm

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The organisers are trying to persuade the Togo team to not pull out of the Africa Cup of Nations, but I can't blame them for withdrawing after that.

More here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8449611.stm

[tkmorris]

1. Apparently Ghana is also considering pulling out

Kind of hard to blame them. What were they thinking holding this tournament in Angola anyway? If there are any more security lapses the whole thing could get called off.