Two held in Angola after rebel attack on Togo team

Police in Angola are holding two suspects in connection with the shooting of the Togolese football team which left at least two people dead, Angolan state media said Monday

Police in Angola are holding two suspects in connection with the shooting of the Togolese football team which left at least two people dead, Angolan state media said Monday.

Two suspects were arrested in Cabinda, an Angolan enclave inside the Democratic Republic of Congo, close to where Friday's attack took place, National Radio reported.

"Two people have been captured, when we have more information, we will pass it on to the public," Antonio Nito, Cabinda's provincial attorney general, told the station.

Togo's assistant coach Amalete Abalo and the team's media spokesman Stanislas Ocloo died in Friday's attack. Nine other people were injured.

The attack occurred as the bus headed into the oil-rich province of Cabinda from the Republic of Congo where the team were to take part in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament which opened Sunday.

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