Happy Face 29 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Gunmen have opened fire with machine guns on a bus carrying Togo's football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, wounding several players. Officials say the shooting occurred in the Angolan oil-rich territory of Cabinda, where rebels have been fighting for independence. The Angolan government called the incident an "act of terrorism". There are reports of serious injuries. Togo is due to play its first game in Cabinda on Monday. Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor was on the bus but is unhurt. In a statement, Manchester City said Adebayor had been "shaken by the terrible events" but was "unharmed". The bus was travelling to Cabinda from the squad's training ground in the Republic of Congo when the shooting happened. "This was an act of terrorism," Cabinda affairs minister Bento Bembe told Reuters news agency. However Africa Cup of Nations officials described the attackers as armed robbers. Togo striker Thomas Dossevi told France's RMC radio that several players were "in a bad state". "We were machine-gunned, like dogs," he said. "At the border with Angola - machine-gunned! I don't know why. I thought it was some rebels. We were under the seats of the bus for 20 minutes, trying to get away from the bullets." The identities of those injured - who also included team doctors - are not known. Togo are due to play Ghana, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast in their group matches. Their first game is against Ghana http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8449319.stm Doesn't bode well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2884 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...bal&cc=5901 Midfielder Richmond Forson believes the number of injuries could have been much worse had the gunmen not originally fired on the wrong bus. ''It was the bus carrying our baggage which was in front of us which they fired on the most,'' he told Canal Plus. ''They thought we were in the bus in front. ''Fortunately for us. That's what saved us. Then they fired on our driver and those who were in front. The windscreen was shattered by the first bullets. It's disgusting to take bullets for a football match.'' Two players are reported to be injured and a Togolese sports ministry spokesman in Lome said that the bus driver had been killed in the attack. "I am fine but several players are in a bad way," FC Nantes striker Thomas Dossevi told Radio Monte Carlo."We are still at hospital. We were attacked like dogs and had to hide for 20 minutes under the seats to avoid the bullets. We were shot, although we had two police coaches on our sides. There are two injured players and also some staff." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Fuck! Martins putting in for an insurance claim for his Ferrari as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Why couldn't it has been Cameroon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonTheMag 4 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Hypothetical: What if it had been Cameroon, and they had withdrawn from the world cup? Would a team be selected to replace them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6581 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 First the cricket and now this... Just shy of a hundred years ago arms in the first world war were dropped for the sake of a game of sport and now fighting factions are actually targetting sport. Disgusting! Angola has always had it's troubles mind. This will be music to the ears of those who reckon the World Cup should be held away from South Africa on the grounds of safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 0 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 First the cricket and now this... Just shy of a hundred years ago arms in the first world war were dropped for the sake of a game of sport and now fighting factions are actually targetting sport. Disgusting! Angola has always had it's troubles mind. This will be music to the ears of those who reckon the World Cup should be held away from South Africa on the grounds of safety. FIFA had to abandon their rotation plan once they realised South Africa was the only realistic contender to ever stage an African WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7113 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Trying to look for a positive - this will act as a warning for the remainder of this tournament and also for the WC. Of course SA is nothing like Angola, but even still you have to prepare for the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41326 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Fuck! Martins putting in for an insurance claim for his Ferrari as we speak. Police have ruled out Martins as a suspect since most of the shots were on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 1 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 It's amazing the way SkySports only concentrated if Adebayour was well, yeah who gives a fuck about the rest 8-).... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4650 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 It's amazing the way SkySports only concentrated if Adebayour was well, yeah who gives a fuck about the rest 8-).... well realistically, who in SSNs audience does give a shit? only two players apart from adebayor play in england and they are people I've never heard of. one for villa one for plymouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6581 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 It's amazing the way SkySports only concentrated if Adebayour was well, yeah who gives a fuck about the rest 8-).... well realistically,who in SSNs audience does give a shit? only two players apart from adebayor play in england and they are people I've never heard of. one for villa one for plymouth At a wild stab in the dark I'm going to plumb for Villa and Plymouth fans.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 861 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) It's amazing the way SkySports only concentrated if Adebayour was well, yeah who gives a fuck about the rest 8-).... well realistically, who in SSNs audience does give a shit? only two players apart from adebayor play in england and they are people I've never heard of. one for villa one for plymouth Fun fact about Moustapha Salifou, the Togolese Villa player - since he joined Villa in 2007, he's made 4 appearances for Villa and won 40 caps for his country. Edited January 9, 2010 by acrossthepond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TicTacWoe 0 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 It's amazing the way SkySports only concentrated if Adebayour was well, yeah who gives a fuck about the rest 8-).... its not so much the fact they're focusing on Adebayor over the other players thats shocking it's more the fact that it's taking precedence over the fact the driver has been killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yacko8 0 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I'm in Angola just now, working & it's well known to almost everyone here that you don't drive across the border from Congo to Cabinda, much safer to fly from the capital Luanda up to Cabinda. Rumour is the Togolese didn't inform the authorities they were travelling & just turned up at the border!! Obviously the boys with the guns knew! Shame really, thats put the kibosh on our company letting us go to any games. It's amazing the way SkySports only concentrated if Adebayour was well, yeah who gives a fuck about the rest 8-).... its not so much the fact they're focusing on Adebayor over the other players thats shocking it's more the fact that it's taking precedence over the fact the driver has been killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4650 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 SSN just reported, Togo have withdrawn from the African nations cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acid 0 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 It's amazing the way SkySports only concentrated if Adebayour was well, yeah who gives a fuck about the rest 8-).... its not so much the fact they're focusing on Adebayor over the other players thats shocking it's more the fact that it's taking precedence over the fact the driver has been killed. This. It's disgraceful that he was merely mentioned by SSN and in Adebayor's statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6581 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again? I shouldn't but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41326 Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2884 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again? I've had that texted twice. The top and bottom of it is you can't trust these third world mugs, especially the most wank of the third world nations where they have a monkey holding a pineapple on their flag. No World Cup should be in Africa or Asia, if it was up to me every world cup would be in Northern Europe it's the only chance on minimalising the terrorist threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again? I've had that texted twice. The top and bottom of it is you can't trust these third world mugs, especially the most wank of the third world nations where they have a monkey holding a pineapple on their flag. No World Cup should be in Africa or Asia, if it was up to me every world cup would be in Northern Europe it's the only chance on minimalising the terrorist threat. North Korea would be pretty safe I think....................... I feel sorry for the Angolans - just as things starting to look up some thugs in Congo decide to hit the Togo team bus - but you have to ask where the hell where security? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again? I've had that texted twice. The top and bottom of it is you can't trust these third world mugs, especially the most wank of the third world nations where they have a monkey holding a pineapple on their flag. No World Cup should be in Africa or Asia, if it was up to me every world cup would be in Northern Europe it's the only chance on minimalising the terrorist threat. North Korea would be pretty safe I think....................... I feel sorry for the Angolans - just as things starting to look up some thugs in Congo decide to hit the Togo team bus - but you have to ask where the hell where security? They weren't in Congo. Angola has an enclave which is surrounded by Congo, that's where the shooting took place. They want to break away this enclave, and Angola have said do one, as it has vast oil reserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bawan 0 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Did Adebayor run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners again? I've had that texted twice. The top and bottom of it is you can't trust these third world mugs, especially the most wank of the third world nations where they have a monkey holding a pineapple on their flag. No World Cup should be in Africa or Asia, if it was up to me every world cup would be in Northern Europe it's the only chance on minimalising the terrorist threat. You cant say that just because some football players have been shot in a third world country. Your judging the whole of Asia and Africa on one shooting by the sound of that. Look at Dubai, China & Korea, I am pretty sure Turkey is safe enough too. Every World Cup should be in Northern Europe? What about USA, Mexico and places alike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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