Luanda, Jan 9 (DPA) Africa’s controlling footballing body CAF said Saturday that they had been approached by the Togo football federation to be allowed to play their Africa Cup of Nations games elsewhere.
The West African country had earlier said they were considering whether to remain at the tournament in Angola after a terrorist attack on their team bus left the bus driver dead and two players injured.
The bus came under machine-gun fire shortly after entering Angola on Friday and the attack was later claimed by the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) – which has threatened further attacks during the tournament.
A CAF spokesman told the German press agency DPA from Cabinda that they had been approached by Togo officials with a request to play their Group B matches at a different venue.
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