A second rebel group has claimed responsibility for Friday's deadly attack on Togo's national football team.

Responsibility was originally claimed by the the head of the Forces for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda Military Position (FLEC-PM), but a larger group, known as the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda Armed Forces of Cabinda (FLEC-FAC), on Tuesday said they opened fire on vehicles carrying the Togo national football team and support staff.
 

The second rebel group has not threatened to carry out any more attacks but FLEC-PM has warned that further attacks could be carried during the African Nations Cup, currently underway in Angola.
 

Two people were killed and nine injured when separatists attacked the convoy as it was entering the province of Cabinda from Congo Brazzaville last Friday. The separatists claim that they were not targeting the Togolese team but the police and military escort.
 

Cabinda is an oil-rich Angolan province but is separated from the rest of the country by a narrow strip of territory belonging to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cabinda separatists have been fighting for the independence of the enclave since 1975, when Portugal ended colonial rule. Cabinda accounts for at least 60 percent of Angola's oil wealth and some of the largest offshore oil deposits are located off Cabinda's coast.

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