MALABO - Angola were given a police escort as they passed through the interview area between their change-room and team bus after their elimination from the African Nations Cup on Monday.
Around 20 truncheon-wielding police were employed to stop the players being asked questions in the mixed zone media area by around 15 Angolan journalists following their 2-0 defeat to Ivory Coast.
Players and officials are obliged to pass through the area on their way to the bus.
The police were clearly from Angola and not Equatorial Guinea, who are co-hosting the tournament alongside Gabon.
One Angolan journalist said they had been threatened with reprisals on their return home if they showed footage of or reported the incident.
Police buffer for Angolans
MALABO - Angola were given a police escort as they passed through the interview area between their change-room and team bus after their elimination from the African Nations Cup on Monday.
Around 20 truncheon-wielding police were employed to stop the players being asked questions in the mixed zone media area by around 15 Angolan journalists following their 2-0 defeat to Ivory Coast.
Players and officials are obliged to pass through the area on their way to the bus.
The police were clearly from Angola and not Equatorial Guinea, who are co-hosting the tournament alongside Gabon.
One Angolan journalist said they had been threatened with reprisals on their return home if they showed footage of or reported the incident.
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