News reports emanating from Angola indicate that at least 50 people were killed during an attack on a bus on Friday near the town of Cacolo, about 400 km east of Luanda, in Malanje province. According to the BBC, the attack took place exactly a week after UNITA rebels ambushed a train, killing more than 200 people. It was still unclear by late Monday who was behind the latest attack.
According to the report, Catholic radio station Radio Ecclesia said a group of men fired a missile at the bus, causing the vehicle to catch fire. They then shot at people who tried to escape the flames. Lusa quoted Isabel Dora, a survivor who was hospitalised in Malanje, as saying that many passengers died inside the burning bus.
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