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Angolan state radio blamed UNITA rebels for shooting down a United Nations-chartered plane carrying 14 people, a UN official in Luanda said Sunday.
The UN called for a 48-hour cease-fire to allow a search for any survivors of Saturday’s crash, said spokesman Hamadoun Toure.
He said that despite the radio report, the UN had no immediate information about the cause of the crash. He said neither rebels nor the government had responded to the call for a halt in the fighting.
According to Toure, RNA radio said the C-130 aircraft was shot down by UNITA troops battling the army in the Huambo area, 310 miles southeast of Luanda. UNITA has neither confirmed nor denied the accusation.
