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| Togo's football team are pulling out of the Africa Cup of Nations following a deadly gun attack on their team bus in Angola. | Togo's football team are pulling out of the Africa Cup of Nations following a deadly gun attack on their team bus in Angola. |
| Two players were shot and injured in the attack in Angola's northern province of Cabinda on Friday and the coach driver was killed. | Two players were shot and injured in the attack in Angola's northern province of Cabinda on Friday and the coach driver was killed. |
| Organisers say the tournament will go ahead but Togo's players had been discussing whether they would stay. | Organisers say the tournament will go ahead but Togo's players had been discussing whether they would stay. |
| Team captain Emmanuel Adebayor said on Friday many players wanted to go home. | Team captain Emmanuel Adebayor said on Friday many players wanted to go home. |
| The BBC's Russell Fuller in Angola says the head of the Ghanaian Football Association has confirmed to him that the Togolese team have pulled out. | The BBC's Russell Fuller in Angola says the head of the Ghanaian Football Association has confirmed to him that the Togolese team have pulled out. |
| The Togo squad is on its way to the airport to leave the country, he says. | The Togo squad is on its way to the airport to leave the country, he says. |
| Adebayor, who plays for Manchester City, told BBC Afrique: "I think a lot of players want to leave, I don't think they want to be at this tournament any more because 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 today." | "Most of the players want to go back to their family. No-one can sleep after what they have seen today." |
| Among the nine people injured were two players, an assistant manager, physio, goalkeeping coach and another coach. | Among the nine people injured were two players, an assistant manager, physio, goalkeeping coach and another coach. |
| The attackers machine-gunned the vehicle after it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola's oil-rich territory of Cabinda. | |
| Rebels who have been fighting for the region's independence later said they had carried out the attack. | |
| The Angolan government called the incident an "act of terrorism". | |
| Togo had been due to play their first cup game in Cabinda on Monday. | |
| The tournament's organisers, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), said the team should have travelled by air rather than road. |