Three dead’ after gun attack on Togo football team

The death toll from an attack on the Togo football while they were traveling in Angola has increased from one to three, reports say.

Team bus driver was killed in an attack on Friday, with the death of assistant coach, “said a spokesman announced later today.

Two players were among nine people were wounded in the attack as the team went to the African Nations Cup.

The Panel withdrew from the competition, which is scheduled to begin on Sunday.

The attack took place in Angola in the northern province of Cabinda on Friday.

Goalkeeper Kossi Agassa, who plays for French side Istres, told France Info radio that the assistant coach said a spokesman had died.
Among the nine injured were two players, assistant director, doctor, goalkeeping coach and another coach.

Machine – the attackers was killed in a car after they crossed the border from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola in the oil-rich province of Cabinda.

Rebels who are fighting for independence for the region later said it carried out the attack.

The Angolan government has described the incident as “an act of terrorism.”

Togo, who was scheduled to play first match in the Cup in Cabinda on Monday, but now will fly back to the country on board the presidential plane that is sent to collection.

The Ghana also be considering a withdrawal.

He says the BBC’s decision to withdraw Togo sports is a severe blow to the owners of the land in Angola, which had hoped the tournament will demonstrate how their country had progressed since the end of the civil war.

Tournament organizers, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), said that the team must have traveled by air instead of the road.