Togo Footballers Shot in Ambush

[Reece]

Gunmen have fired on a bus carrying Togo's football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola wounding several players, competition officials say.

They say robbers shot at the bus in Congo, near the Angolan border. There are reports of serious injuries.

The Africa Cup of Nations is due to start on Sunday.

Togo's first game is to be played on Monday in the oil-rich territory of Cabinda, where rebels have been fighting for independence.

The identities of the wounded players are not known.

The Togolese team includes Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor and Aston Villa's Moustapha Saliphou.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8449319.stm

[Reece]

The driver has been killed and four others injured according to Sky.

[Reece]

Citeh have confirmed that Adebeyor was not injured in the attack.

[javier_monsterano]

[Joe King]

Surely it's Togo?

[Reece]

Aye, well done for spotting my deliberate mistake

[Joe King]

Aye, well done for spotting my deliberate mistake

[little dave hedgehog]

Emmanuel Adebayor admitted a lot of his Togo team-mates wanted to quit the African Nations Cup at the earliest opportunity following the attack on their team bus in Angola in which two players were shot and their bus driver was killed outright.

The Manchester City striker, who revealed the terrifying attack en route to the team's base in the Cabinda province lasted 30 minutes, will convene a team meeting as captain at which the squad will discuss whether they stay in Angola or return to their clubs.

He told BBC Radio Five Live: "I think a lot of players want to leave, I don't think they want to be at this tournament any more because they have seen their death already.

"Most of the players want to go back to their family. No-one can sleep after what they have seen. They have seen one of their team-mates have a bullet in his body, who is crying, who is losing consciousness and everything.

"So we will have a good meeting, everyone will go to their room, they will rest and we will see. [On Saturday morning] we will make a decision which is good for our life."

Adebayor added: "We are still in shock. If the security is not sure then we will be leaving. I don't think they will be ready to give their life. We will discuss everything as a team and we will take a decision that we think is good for our career, is good for our life and good for our family."

[anfieldanfield]

****ing hell.

[Darkon]

That's just crazy!

[RoadEnd]

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Coca Cola in Angola

[javier_monsterano]

Where the **** did this happen? I'm sure I've read congo and angola,must have been right on
The border if two stories name different countries.

[BobTheCharmer]

Where the **** did this happen? I'm sure I've read congo and angola,must have been right on
The border if two stories name different countries.

It happened in Cabinda

Oil-rich province cut off from the rest of Angola by DR Congo
Flec rebels fought for region's independence
Rebels laid down arms in 2006 but some unrest continues
Angola had dismissed concerns about staging games there

[javier_monsterano]

I see, ok ****ing hell just the now i have noticed congo,there is 2 of them wtf is going on there then?2 different countries again?
give us a geography lesson bobthecharmer.

[SK]

Democratic republic of Congo is a former Belgium colony, formerly known as Zaire, the Republic of Congo is a former French colony.

DR Congo

Congo