Unknown assailants have opened fire on the Togo national team bus ahead of the African Cup of Nations in Angola, killing the driver and wounding four others. "The Angolan driver was killed on the spot," said a Togolese sports ministry spokesman in Lome.
The attack happened in the Angolan enclave of Cabinda, where a separatist group has waged a three-decade long war against the government, he said. The wounded included two players and two medics, he said. Some of those wounded would have to be evacuated for treatment, the spokesman said, but gave no further details of their identity or the extent of their injuries.
The Angolan minister in charge of affairs in Cabinda, Antonio Bento Bembe, called the attack an act of terrorism. Cabinda is an oil producing region that has been the target of attacks in the past by a separatist group called FLEC. However, Bento Bembe denied the attack on the squad had been done by FLEC rebels.
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor was uninjured after the attack in Angola, the Premier League club said on their website. City said club officials had spoken with Adebayor and that he was unharmed, though shaken by the events. Aston Villa midfielder Moustapha Salifou was also reported to have been unhurt. Togo were due to play Ghana in a Group B tie on Monday January 11.
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