SO16_Saint Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Not Saints related, but reports that the Togo National team bus has come under machine gun fire. Adebayor reported to be ok but others 'in bad way' Breaking news on SSN..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Yep just saw that to,3 players and the coach driver injured. Man City are currently trying to contact Adebayor to establish what has happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyb1 Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 f*cked up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintDonkey Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 On the BBC now http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8449319.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macey_J2 Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Chicken Oriental!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 they reckon the driver was killed and several players injured some seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 I've watched quite a few African Cup of Nations tournaments they've always been badly organised, and some of the things that have gone on have been farcical. Only 2 years ago did a medical bloke drive one of those buggy things on to stretcher a injured player off, and ran over a Nigerian player. Andre Bikey had a fight with another medical bloke in a separate game. I remember the host nation (Ghana I think it was) being frustrated by Libya (I think). 0-0 at half time, the Ghana players come out and the ref starts the second half with half the Libya team still in the tunnel. Holding it in Angola just brings the level of farce to a whole new level , the whole county was in a civil war only 8 years ago. I wonder if this tragedy will have serious repercussions for the World Cup. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish fingers Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 I've watched quite a few African Cup of Nations tournaments they've always been badly organised, and some of the things that have gone on have been farcical. Only 2 years ago did a medical bloke drive one of those buggy things on to stretcher a injured player off, and ran over a Nigerian player. Andre Bikey had a fight with another medical bloke in a separate game. I remember the host nation (Ghana I think it was) being frustrated by Libya (I think). 0-0 at half time, the Ghana players come out and the ref starts the second half with half the Libya team still in the tunnel. Holding it in Angola just brings the level of farce to a whole new level , the whole county was in a civil war only 8 years ago. I wonder if this tragedy will have serious repercussions for the World Cup. . . . All great reasons as to why the African Cup of Nations is such an ejoyable tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 anyone else not really surprised by this sort of news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 All great reasons as to why the African Cup of Nations is such an ejoyable tournament. Barring the wholly tragic Togo team bus incident, the tournament is so farcical it's often comedic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 http://au.sports.yahoo.com/football/news/article/-/6659362/togo-footy-team-bus-attacked-angola Interesting, seems like the Togolese authorities are far from blameless in this. Apparently none of the teams should have been travelling by bus in the first place due to safety concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 people being shot to death...farking mental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clapham Saint Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 Any anybody suggested a motive yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 Any anybody suggested a motive yet? it was freedom fighters for that part of Angola..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 Any anybody suggested a motive yet? Angola was only in civil war 8 years ago. Insurgency has still been a problem since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 by a group called FLEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithd Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 I bet Adebayor didn't run the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keith Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 by a group called FLEC Robert? i always had him down as a crime against humanity seriously though, what a bunch of nutters. who would put a tournament like this is Angola of all places, a disaster waiting to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 To a lesser extent, hosting the AFCON in Angola is almost like holding the Asian Cp in Iraq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 (edited) To a lesser extent, hosting the AFCON in Angola is almost like holding the Asian Cp in Iraq maybe but the area where it took place had a cease fire agreement for years... the guy instrumental behind bringing the AFCON to angola was an EX-Freedom fighter...I guess his judgement was waay off anyway..I wonder if Adebeyor ran the length of the bus to slide infront of the gunners..? Edited 9 January, 2010 by Thedelldays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 10 January, 2010 Share Posted 10 January, 2010 maybe but the area where it took place had a cease fire agreement for years... the guy instrumental behind bringing the AFCON to angola was an EX-Freedom fighter...I guess his judgement was waay off anyway..I wonder if Adebeyor ran the length of the bus to slide infront of the gunners..? hm doubt it somehow. The area has had continued problems with insurgency since the ceasefire and the Angolan authorities knew it. They apparently advised all teams to avoid travelling by bus in that area, and the Togolese authorities had failed to inform the Angolans they were making the journey, so they couldn't provide adequate security. Apparently the Togo team want to play now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now