A bus carrying the Togo national team has reportedly come under attack from gunfire in Angola.

The Sparrow Hawks - featuring Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor and Aston Villa's Moustapha Salifou - are in the country ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, which gets underway on Sunday.

According to reports the bus driver has been killed and at least four Togo players have suffered injuries during the attack.

Manchester City have confirmed that Adebayor has escaped injury.

A club statement read: 'Manchester City can confirm that striker Emmanuel Adebayor is uninjured after this afternoon's attack on the Togo team bus in Angola.

'Club officials have spoken with Adebayor and though shaken by the terrible events, he is unharmed.'

Togo and Nantes striker Thomas Dossevi told French radio station RMC: 'I'm okay but several players are in a bad state.

'We are still at hospital. We were machine-gunned like dogs and had to remain hidden under our seats for around 20 minutes to avoid the bullets.'

Togo are scheduled to begin their cup campaign against Ghana on Monday.


Midfielder Alaixys Romao admits the players feared the worst and thinks Togo are now likely to pull out of the tournament.

'We're not thinking yet of what could happen,' said the Grenoble player. But it's true that no-one wants to play. We're not capable of it.

'We're thinking first of all about the health of our injured because there was a lot of blood on the ground.

'For the moment there is not much news because they have been taken to different hospitals. In cases like these we're thinking of those near us, of those we love because that really could have been the end of us.'