Togo national football team attack
2010 terrorist attack in Cabinda Province, Angola / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A terrorist attack occurred on 8 January 2010 as the Togo national football team traveled through the Angolan province of Cabinda on the way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, two days before it began in Angola.[2] A little-known offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC), a group promoting independence for the province of Cabinda, known as the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda – Military Position (FLEC-PM), claimed responsibility for the attack.[3] Bus driver Mário Adjoua, the team's assistant manager Améleté Abalo, and media officer Stanislas Ocloo were killed, with several others injured.[4] Secretary General of the FLEC-PM Rodrigues Mingas, currently exiled in France, claimed the attack was not aimed at the Togolese players but at the Angolan forces at the head of the convoy.[3] Authorities reported two suspects were detained in connection with the attacks.[5]
Togo national football team bus attack | |
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Part of Cabinda War | |
Location | Cabinda Province, Angola |
Date | 8 January 2010 |
Target | Togo national football team and Angolan Armed Forces |
Deaths | 3[1] |
Injured | 9 |
Perpetrators | Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Military Position (FLEC-PM) |