Nine injured as gunmen attack Togo football team

GUNMEN opened fire on a bus carrying the Togo football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola yesterday, wounding at least nine people, a Togolese football official said.

Togolese football federation vice president Gabriel Ameyi said reserve goalkeeper Obilale Kossi and central defender Serge Akakpo were among those hurt.

The team’s top player, Emmanuel Adebayor, was unharmed, according to his club Manchester City.