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CABINDA, Angola (Reuters) - Angola said on Monday it had arrested two people suspected of taking part in an attack on a bus carrying the Togo national soccer team to the African Nations Cup in which two delegation members were killed.

It said it wanted its neighbours and France to clamp down on the rebels who have claimed responsibility for the attack in Cabinda, a heavily militarised oil-producing province geographically cut off from northern Angola.

Provincial prosecutor Antonio Nito said the two suspects belonged to the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) -- the small remnant of a group that has been fighting for independence from Angola for over 30 years.

Friday's attack took place shortly after the Togo team's bus crossed into Cabinda from the Republic of Congo.

The team were brought home by their government on Sunday together with the bodies of their assistant coach and media officer to begin three days of mourning, as Africa's biggest soccer event got under way.

Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast on Monday contested the first match in Cabinda city's new stadium and were due to be followed by Togo's match against Ghana. Togo's sports minister and several players had said they hoped the schedule could be changed to let them honour their dead colleagues by playing.

But the Confederation of African Football was adamant on Monday that if Togo did not turn up to play their first match in Cabinda, they would forfeit their place.