/ 4 February 2001

ANGOLAN REBELS ?DOWN MILITARY PLANE?

UNITA rebels in Angola claim they brought down an Antonov-26 military aircraft in the east of the African country on Thursday, killing all 22 people on board, according to a report by the Portuguese news agency LUSA. Citing a UNITA statement, the agency said the rebels hit the plane with anti-aircraft fire and that it crashed on the outskirts of the airport in Leuna, the main city of the eastern Angolan province of Moxico. – AFP