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February 4, 2010

Togo files a complaint in Paris on African Cup team ambush

The government of Togo has filed a complaint before a Paris court Thursday the imposition of an Angolan rebel group, with terrorism in an ambush last month on the bus from his football team, the France Info radio reported. The ambush on the bus, two days before the opening of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) tournament, killed two members of the delegation team and injured more players.

He also led the team to win the competition, for which the authorities of African Football has suspended Togo from the next two tournaments of the CAN.

The lawsuit filed in Paris, the target of Cabinda separatist group known by its acronym FLEC, ordered the attack. Paris has jurisdiction in this case because the head of the French group.

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