Togo national team bus comes under gunfire in Angola

[AlexOC]

SSN now.

Apparently some players are in bad condition in hospital. MCFC trying to contact Adebayor as we speak, not much information yet...

[Black_Apalachi]

I just saw a status, 'ADERBAYOR SHOT!' and the only bit of news I can find is from the Irish TV channel RTé (lol) http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0108/togo.html

CRAZY :S:S:S

[adaym]

What about Salifou? Is he okay?

[AlexOC]

Nobody knows yet, Only one contact has been made, a player talked to a French radio station, saying 'i am okay, few are in bad condition in hospital'

:/

One quote from lots of reports 'lots of blood on the floor of coach'

****!

[AlexOC]

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2010/January/Adebayor-fine

PHEW

[adaym]

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Club-news/2010/January/Adebayor-fine

PHEW
yeah forget about the others :rolleyes::@

[AlexOC]

yeah forget about the others :rolleyes::@

Haha no, no other player fatalities have been reported.

Driver shot dead though. scum.

[-Heart]

Bus driver was reportedly killed.

[adaym]

Haha no, no other player fatalities have been reported.

Driver shot dead though. scum.
why are you laughing?

do you believe the football players are more important than a bus driver? you sicken me. you really sicken me.

[AlexOC]

why are you laughing?

do you believe the football players are more important than a bus driver? you sicken me. you really sicken me.

I laughed because you said i was forgetting about the other players. And i mentioned the driver has been shot dead.

[adaym]

I laughed because you said i was forgetting about the other players. And i mentioned the driver has been shot dead.
disgusting.

[AlexOC]

disgusting.

What is disgusting?

I am worrying about every other player on that bus, and feel dearly for the family of that innocent driver.

[Jack.Lfc]

Would have been funny if they ended adebayor's career :lol: not killed him, but ended his career:lol:

[AlexOC]

Would have been funny if they ended adebayor's career :lol: not killed him, but ended his career:lol:

What, if adebayor was shot, physically injured and had to retire early from what he loves doing?

Yeh, ******* hilarious.

[Jack.Lfc]

Ino, he's a ****.

[AlexOC]

I think alot of players are ****, but would never wish such a terrible thing upon them.

Salifou, self-reportedly OK

[Jack.Lfc]

Football players are a bunch of overpaid **** heads. Well most of em anyawy.

[AlexOC]

Football players are a bunch of overpaid **** heads.

Overpaid, now that i agree.

[adaym]

bus driver does more work than them.

[Jordy]

Football players are a bunch of overpaid **** heads. Well most of em anyawy.Because that is blatantly their fault.

It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that there is an enormous demand for decent footballers seeing as people all over the world watch the Premiership and sponsors pour millions into clubs.

[AlexOC]

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I'm sorry, but who decides the Related Articles!?

[Jack.Lfc]

Because that is blatantly their fault.

It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that there is an enormous demand for decent footballers seeing as people all over the world watch the Premiership and sponsors pour millions into clubs.

Well yeh there all greedy.

& lol at the city site.

[luce]

That isn't shocking but it's horrible and i'm glad only one person was killed.

[Jack.Lfc]

Hows the world cup getting played here.

[adaym]

Hows the world cup getting played here.
it's not.

[Jack.Lfc]

Ino i realised when i couldnt edit post, was hoping no one would pick up on it :'(

Anyway it will e the same in south africa

[Geraint]

Angola has been having a lot of trouble with these rebels lately. They've said that the players there (well, Premier League anyway so I'm guessing it's all of them as they're no more special) will get 24 hour security because of these gangs. Doing well so far though.

[Jibbish]

martin salifou uninjured (y)
good news even tough if he doesnt play

you gotta feel for the bus driver tough, an innocent probaly exciting by driving a load of footballers and suddenly getting shot dead :(

[luce]

Ino i realised when i couldnt edit post, was hoping no one would pick up on it :'(

Anyway it will e the same in south africa

yeah if not worse because the world cup is there with high media coverage. Some African rebels or something will take the chance to make a point to the western world :P

[Geraint]

the south african police will probably have a shoot on sight policy. they're seriously cracking down on stuff in south africa now.

[-Heart]

"FC Vaslui central defender Serge Akakpo was said to be one of the worst affected by the attacks. Akakpo was struck by two bullets in the attack and has lost much blood. His condition was stabilised by doctors."

Togo's participation in the tournament is now in serious doubt.

[Black_Apalachi]

I'm sorry, but who decides the Related Articles!?

It'll be an automatic relevance thing and I'm sorry but I loled!

This whole event is horrible though ;l

[Geraint]

I don't blame them either.


I laughed at "Adebayor must have thought he was on an away trip to Anfield" :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Black_Apalachi]

I don't blame them either.


I laughed at "Adebayor must have thought he was on an away trip to Anfield" :lol: :lol: :lol:

-rep ;l

lol

Edited by SuperNic. (Forum Moderator): Please do not post pointlessly, thanks.

[Arron]

I don't blame them either.


I laughed at "Adebayor must have thought he was on an away trip to Anfield" :lol: :lol: :lol:

+rep

lawl.

alls i heard was something about africa and a bus driver being shot, on the radio. didnt know it was a squad of players on the coach too.

really shocking.

[Jack.Lfc]

I don't blame them either.


I laughed at "Adebayor must have thought he was on an away trip to Anfield" :lol: :lol: :lol:
:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

I memba alan smith broke his leg and his ambulance got bricked:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

[StefanWolves]

What's the point in the ACON taking place anyway, it doesn't mean anything, why six months before a world cup? why in Angola? why not somewhere more safe?

Happy to see that everyone was unhurt though.

@Geraint; 1 in every 2000 people in SA get murdered. Compare that to here in Western Europe where 3 people in every 200,000 get murdered... it's pretty bad, so you can't really say that the SA police cracking down is actually doing any good.

[adaym]

What's the point in the ACON taking place anyway, it doesn't mean anything, why six months before a world cup? why in Angola? why not somewhere more safe?

Happy to see that everyone was unhurt though.

@Geraint; 1 in every 2000 people in SA get murdered. Compare that to here in Western Europe where 3 people in every 200,000 get murdered... it's pretty bad, so you can't really say that the SA police cracking down is actually doing any good.


ACON is like the Euro Championships - I bet you want that to happen.
It means that whoever wins is the best team in Africa.
It's probably the only time they can schedule it for.
Angola probably won the bidding.
Nowhere in Africa is safe.
A bus driver died - how is that unhurt?
South Africa is a country, Europe is a continent - obviously Europe is going to have more murders :rolleyes:.

Done.

[CHA!NGANG]

What's the point in the ACON taking place anyway, it doesn't mean anything, why six months before a world cup? why in Angola? why not somewhere more safe?

Happy to see that everyone was unhurt though.

@Geraint; 1 in every 2000 people in SA get murdered. Compare that to here in Western Europe where 3 people in every 200,000 get murdered... it's pretty bad, so you can't really say that the SA police cracking down is actually doing any good.

Going to have to agree with thyflux. The point is that it's a continental cup just like the Euros and is important to Africa. Also according to reports 9 players were injured and the Driver was killed, so how that is unhurt is beyond me lol. Africa has always been a dangerous country so FIFA knew what they were doing when they selected SA but it's only fair to give Africa a chance to host the World Cup and proove that they can do it.

[-Heart]

What's the point in the ACON taking place anyway, it doesn't mean anything, why six months before a world cup? why in Angola? why not somewhere more safe?

Happy to see that everyone was unhurt though.

@Geraint; 1 in every 2000 people in SA get murdered. Compare that to here in Western Europe where 3 people in every 200,000 get murdered... it's pretty bad, so you can't really say that the SA police cracking down is actually doing any good.
They weren't ALL unhurt.

And the point is it's a tournament to see who the best team in the continent is, AKA our Euro Championships.

[United-Clowgon]

EDIT: They have now withdrawn from the tournament. BBC NEWS SOURCE


TWO members of the Togo football squad have died after their team bus was ambushed by gunman, say reports.

The dead pair - who have not been named - were wounded in yesterday's shooting.
The coach driver was also killed.
Players from the Togo squad took the decision to pull out of the African Nations Cup following the gun attack, it was reported today.
Manchester City ace Emmanuel Adebayor told of his terror last night after cowering on the coach after gunman fired machine guns at it.
The horrified Manchester City striker, 25, said after the attack: "They shot at us for 30 minutes - all we could do was pray to God we'd live."
The squad was ambushed by rebels on their way from their Congo training ground to their African Nations Cup base in host country Angola.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00962/SNN0905B-380_962955a.jpgAmbushed .. Adebayor stands behind Villa's Salifou in team picture

Adebayor said: "We've seen one of our team-mates have a bullet in his body, who is crying, who is losing consciousness. We've seen death.
"It's one of the worst things I have ever been through. It was horrific.
"I never thought I'd ever live through an experience like that. All we had to do was to pray to God to save you. I think that is what he has done quite well.
"I don't know if I am the target or not, all I know is that my team - my country - was the target. Why, I don't know."
Goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale, 25, and defender Serge Akakpo, 22, were wounded along with an assistant manager, a doctor and a journalist.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00963/salifou_963107a.jpgEscape ... Salifou

Aston Villa's Moustapha Salifou, 26, was also on the team bus. He was quoted as saying: "I'm OK but extremely shocked and very upset."
Adebayor had jetted out to join his homeland team for the tournament, which starts tomorrow.
The attack fuelled security fears over this summer's World Cup in South Africa. The coach was in a convoy under heavy police escort through the flashpoint northern territory of Cabinda.
Adebayor said he was still "in shock" and "living in a dream".
He said: "I think without the security I wouldn't be here to talking to you, you'd be talking to my dead body.
"The thing we don't understand is why. It's not just one or two guys shooting on the bus.
"We were in the middle of that for 30 minutes. I'm not talking five minutes.
"Our bus had been stopped and there was shooting on the bus for 30 minutes. If you can imagine the silence on the bus... it was one of the worst experiences I've had in my life and I hope it is the last."
Adebayor said that after the attack the players were ordered off the bus as the driver was dead.
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00963/SNN0905WW-380_963155a.jpgRebels ... fighting bloody war

He went on: "He had passed away. We didn't have anyone to drive the bus.
"We had seven-to-eight 4x4s come. We had to get out of the bus and that's where the shooting was coming from. We didn't want to get off."
The rebels bungled by first opening fire on a coach in front carrying the team's bags - which prevented a massacre. Midfielder Richmond Forson, 29, said: "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."
The rebels fled after a gun battle with cops. Players were in tears as they got off the coach.
Striker Thomas Dossevi, 30, who plays for French side Nantes, said from the hospital where the entire team was taken: "We were crying and thanking God. We were machine-gunned like dogs."
Adebayor said that after the attack "every one" of the trembling players called their loved ones. The star phoned his wife to say: "I'm fine."
Adebayor is calling a meeting to discuss whether the team should stay in Angola. Togo play Ghana on Monday.
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The £25million star said: "I think a lot of players want to leave, I don't think they want to be at this tournament any more as they have seen their death already.
"Most of the players want to go back to their family. No one can sleep after what they have seen. We are still in shock.
"If the security is not sure then we will be leaving. I don't think they will be ready to give their life.
"We will take a decision that we think is good for our career, our life and our family."
Midfielder Alaixys Romao, 25, of Swiss side Grenoble, added: "No one wants to play. We're not capable of it."
The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda claimed responsibility.
Last night Togolese football federation vice president Gabriel Ameyi said the players should not have made their journey on coaches.

[Black_Apalachi]

Wow, so as well as the following;

Goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale, 25, and defender Serge Akakpo, 22, were wounded along with an assistant manager, a doctor and a journalist.

...the driver PLUES two players died? :O

[United-Clowgon]

Wow, so as well as the following;

Goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale, 25, and defender Serge Akakpo, 22, were wounded along with an assistant manager, a doctor and a journalist.

...the driver PLUES two players died? :O

Yep. I think bullet proof coaches is needed- If traveled on - to Countries like these.

[Jack.Lfc]

Do you think Adebayor ran the full length of the bus to celebrate infront of the gunners?
:badgrin::badgrin:

[Geraint]

It's held in January because they say the temperature in summer is too much in some places but they played some world cup qualifiers in June and July so it's pretty much. It happens every 2 years, just happens to be even numbers, don't know why they can't change that to odd though.

[StefanWolves]

Exactly. Two years between the World cup & European cup, why not have it in the middle?

[Pix]

thats disgusting

[Black_Apalachi]

Do you think Adebayor ran the full length of the bus to celebrate infront of the gunners?
:badgrin::badgrin:

******* LOL



btw are there no airports in that country?
i'd fell well stupid being as rich as the likes of Aderbayor and going to a poor country like that :/

[Andys]

They do things differently over there. The African Cup of Nations is the only tournament that STARTS with a shoot out.

[AlexOC]

They do things differently over there. The African Cup of Nations is the only tournament that STARTS with a shoot out.

:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

[Immenseman]

I think it's a real shame. No matter their motive, the footballers and those travelling with the team are innocent and shouldn't be involved in their civil conflict. Horrible to think somebody died for doing their job.

[-Heart]

Whole tournament should be cancelled/postponed.

[Immenseman]

that's what the terrorists want, it's basically giving into them. although i know where you're coming from, it's not worth it happening again and more deaths/injuries.

[-Heart]

that's what the terrorists want, it's basically giving into them. although i know where you're coming from, it's not worth it happening again and more deaths/injuries.
Excatly.

Should be postponed anyway out of respect, people have died.

[Immenseman]

it won't be though. well i'd be v. surprised if it was.

[Geraint]

people have died in la liga, the confederations cup, they don't cancel tournaments and leagues because of it. they just dedicate stuff to them.

[Black_Apalachi]

Whole tournament should be cancelled/postponed.

this


that's what the terrorists want, it's basically giving into them. although i know where you're coming from, it's not worth it happening again and more deaths/injuries.

didn't they just do it cos they don't like that team, or think they're a threat to their home team? if so then they've got what they wanted already.

if they were just trying to be disruptive then idk, it's still more respectful to postpone it.

[ihatehash]

this



didn't they just do it cos they don't like that team, or think they're a threat to their home team? if so then they've got what they wanted already.

if they were just trying to be disruptive then idk, it's still more respectful to postpone it.


A few years ago I think during the cricket world cup, pakistan's coach was murdered and that was fueled by money so It maybe sort of the same thing but correct me if i'm wrong.

[-Heart]

people have died in la liga, the confederations cup, they don't cancel tournaments and leagues because of it. they just dedicate stuff to them.
I know, but they should. Maybe not whole leagues, but tournaments yes.

[Jack.Lfc]

Firemen, police die all the time doing their job , we never hear about this.

[Immenseman]

footballers don't go into burning buildings, car chases and shoot outs. the above do.

[Jack.Lfc]

Well they obv do go into shoot outs now. And look whats happend a big scafuffle.