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Violence Strikes Soccer's African Cup
Hosting the African Cup of Nations was Angola's chance to show it is recovering from decades of war, but tragedy struck as gunmen sprayed bullets at Togo's national team, killing three people and forcing its withdrawal from the soccer tournament.
Jan. 8: An unidentified soccer player from Togo's national team is carried on a stretcher after a bus bringing them to Angola was attacked by gunmen, in Cabinda province, Angola. Gunmen in a part of Angola plagued by separatist violence opened fire with machine-guns on the bus carrying Togo to the African Cup of Nations on Friday, killing the coach and two others.read moreAP![Togo Soccer Team Attack]()
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Jan. 9: Injured goalkeeper Kodjovi "Dodji" Obilale, is carried on a stretcher after being airlifted to Johannesburg, from Cabinda, Angola. Togo's national soccer team, devastated by a shooting attack Friday on its bus that killed at least three people, withdrew from the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament on Saturday.read moreAP![Togo Soccer Team Attack]()
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Violence Strikes Soccer's African Cup
Hosting the African Cup of Nations was Angola's chance to show it is recovering from decades of war, but tragedy struck as gunmen sprayed bullets at Togo's national team, killing three people and forcing its withdrawal from the soccer tournament.
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