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Two held in Angola after rebel attack on Togo team

Police in Angola grilled two suspects over a deadly shooting attack by separatist rebels on the Togolese team which overshadowed the start of Africa`s premier football tournament.

Luanda: Police in Angola grilled two suspects over a deadly shooting attack by separatist rebels on the Togolese team which overshadowed the start of Africa`s premier football tournament.
The pair were arrested in Cabinda, an Angolan enclave inside the Democratic Republic of Congo, close to the scene of Friday`s attack which ended with the death of the squad`s assistant coach and media spokesman. "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 state-run National Radio.The Togolese team withdrew from the African Cup of Nations following the attack and left Angola last evening to return home following orders from their government, despite appeals by the players to be allowed to stay. "It`s very sad. It`s hard for Africa and for us," Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor told reporters at the airport in Cabinda. "These things are part of life, you have to accept it," the Manchester City striker added.The tournament was meant to showcase Angola`s recovery after a 27-year civil war which ended in 2002. But the attack has instead shone an unwelcome spotlight on the government`s inability to end a low-level insurgency in oil-rich Cabinda. PTI