Cops 'were not rational'
2007-12-22 08:13
Luanda - Angola's interior minister on Friday criticised police sharpshooters who shot dead two actors while they were filming a crime drama in the capital Luanda.
After visiting commanders of the station where the officers responsible for the killings are based, General Leal Monteiro Ngongo said they had failed to assess "the situation they encountered in a logical, rational and scientific manner".
Ngongo promised to set up an enquiry and said that action would be taken against all those involved in the killings.
The two actors were killed and three others wounded on Tuesday while filming a bank robbery scene for a crime drama called No Mercy.
Director Radical Ribeiro said he had received police clearance to film in a crime-ridden suburb.
However, the marksmen suddenly arrived in a pick-up truck and began shooting until he shouted out their victims were actors.