Five people were killed and 15 others injured Wednesday when a police officer travelling on a truck accidentally detonated a mortar in Angola’s northern Kwanza-Norte Province, state radio reported. The mortar went off when the policeman transporting the weapon placed it on the bonnet of the truck, which was carrying several passengers, according to the report. It is common in Angola a country ravaged by civil war since 1975, when it gained independence from Portugal for police officers to travel with heavy weaponry. – AFP