Togo team bus attacked

by stejeb | January 8, 2010 at 09:46 am

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Sky Sports News announced the attack on the Togo national team coach as I was waiting for news of games off due to weather problems.

With the football world's eyes on this Africa Cup Of Nations tournament, the attack will be a reminder of the security issues in the African continent, particularly with South Africa hosting the World Cup later this year.

The extent of injuries isn't known yet, and teams across Europe will now be trying to contact their players who were on the coach to make sure they are okay. Manchester City were unable to make contact with striker Adebayor.

Several Togolese footballers, in Angola for the African Nations Cup, were injured, some seriously, when their team bus was fired on with machine guns, French Infosport television reported Friday.

The sports channel said the bus was fired on as the team travelled through the Cabinda region bordering Congo.

'Two players have been injured,' one player, Thomas Dossevi, told Infosport, which later reported that several players had been seriously hurt.

Contacted by AFP, organisers of the event said the team bus had simply burst a tyre. After a second enquiry, organisers said they had no knowledge of the incident.

In a recent announcementby Manchester City Football Club, Adebayor uninjured,

The attack happened in Cabinda, a region of Angola separated from Togo by the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Togolese team members said that despite heavy police protection, they were subjected to a sustained assault for over 15 minutes.

No members of the team or coaching staff are believed to have been killed, but the driver of the bus is thought to have died. Several team members are also thought to have sustained serious injuries.