/ 13 November 2000

ANGOLAN REBEL ATTACK ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

FOUR people were seriously injured in northern Angola in a bomb attack blamed on UNITA rebels launched on the eve of the country’s 25th anniversary of independence, police said. The attack occurred around midnight Friday in the town of Uije, 300 km east of Luanda. Before the celebrations, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos offered a general amnesty to the rebels. – AFP