Togo sport delegation attackers captured in Angola

LUANDA, Jan. 11, 2010, (Xinhua) --

Two members from a separatist group which attacked the bus carrying Togo's national soccer team on Friday had been captured by Angola's security forces, the official news agency reported on Monday.

The two are believed to be members of the Front for the Liberation of Enclave of Cabinda, which is known for its decades-old fighting with government forces for separation.

They were caught on the spot after the machine-gun attack on the bus, which resulted in the deaths of the Angolan driver and assistant coach and the spokesman for Togo's national soccer team, and police are conducting further investigations into the attack.

The bus was heading for Cabinda, one of the four Angolan cities hosting the final stage matches of the African Cup of Nations (2010) when it came under fierce machine gun fire on Friday.

The Angolan government blamed the attack as an "act of terrorism " carried out by individuals who wanted to cause problems for the government.

Cabinda is a small oil-rich enclave in the very north of Angola, separated from the rest of the country by a strip of land belonging to Congo. Over half of Angola's oil are produced in Cabinda, but local people claimed they get few benefits from the oil produced on their lands.

Despite Friday's attack on Togo's national team, the CAN2010 matches kicked off as scheduled on Sunday.

Editor: Wang Guanqun

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