Police shot dead two armed robbers after they attempted to hijack a vehicle carrying the U.S. ambassador, Patricia Hawkins, in the capital Lome.
"One of the crooks was killed on the spot and the second after an exchange of gunfire with the gendarmerie," a police spokesman said.
As well as the ambassador, the vehicle was also carrying the country representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and another U.S. embassy official.
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