Terrorist attack
Open on the mapThe Togo national football team is attacked in Cabinda Province
8 Jan 2010 · 5.72° S, 12.28° E
What the records say
- When
- 8 Jan 2010
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 5.72° S, 12.28° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Togo national football team attack.
Summary
The Togo national football team is attacked in Cabinda Province, Angola, and as a result withdraws from the Africa Cup of Nations. The attack was perpetrated by the FLEC, their first since the Angolan Civil War.
2 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La selección de fútbol de Togo sufre un ataque terrorista en Cabinda, Angola causando la muerte de 3 miembros del cuerpo técnico y 8 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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