Bus carrying soccer Togo team attacked in gunfire in Angola; several players reported injured

Togo’s team bus under gunfire attack in Angola

PARIS — French media reports say a bus carrying the Togo national soccer team has been attacked by gunfire in Angola.

Togo striker Thomas Dossevi tells radio station RMC that “several players are in a bad state.” He says the team was “shot at like dogs” by hooded gunmen who were “armed to the teeth.”

Another player, Alaixys Romao, says he believes seven people were hit by machine gunfire, including two players.

The players were traveling by bus into Angola from neighboring Congo, where they had been training. It is not clear exactly where the attack happened.

The team is competing in the 16-country African Cup of Nations, which starts Sunday. Togo is to play its opening match Monday against Ghana.