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Many feared dead in ambush

    JOHANNESBURG

    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.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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