Man sentenced to 24 years over Togo bus attack
Published:Wednesday | December 29, 2010 | 4:33 PM
An Angolan court has sentenced a man to 24 years in jail for the deadly attack on Togo's football team in January.
Joao Antonio Puati's lawyer says he was found guilty for committing "armed rebellion".
The bus carrying the team was attacked in the province of Cabinda as it arrived for the African Cup of Nations.
Puati had pleaded not guilty at the opening of his trial and denied having links to a separatist group, which said it was behind the shooting.
Another man, Daniel Simbai, was acquitted of the same charges.
Two Togolese officials were killed in the 30-minute gun attack, which a faction of the Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda said it carried out.