Chelsea ace Drogba: Man City’s Toure thought Adebayor had been shot

Chelsea's Ivory Coast star Didier Drogba admits he feared for his life during their African Nations Cup campaign in Angola.

Chelsea star Drogba revealed the fears of his Ivory Coast team-mates, claiming they were terrified of "being shot like rabbits" during training.

Other Premier League stars, including Manchester City captain Kolo Toure were nearby when the ambushed happened.

Drogba admitted: "I was really afraid. Suddenly you become paranoid and see danger everywhere. On the training pitch I found myself thinking we could be shot like rabbits because that would be even easier than attacking a team bus."

The striker told how Toure, a team-mate at City of Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor, panicked when he was unable to reach the striker.

Drogba said: "At one stage Kolo even believed that Ade had been shot.

"Finally, when we arrived at our training hotel, Kolo got in touch with Ade and both of us went to his room at the Togo hotel.

"When he showed me pictures taken on his mobile phone of the goalkeeper, Kodjovi Obilale, who had been shot, and I saw the bullets in his back, I began to understand the brutality of the attack."

Drogba added: "Even after three days I still didn't think we were in a football tournament. It's difficult when you see helicopters constantly circling above your head and soldiers throughout the training camp and hotel."