Kimberley Sue Endecott, 35, and Ugandan driver Jean Paul were on a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park when their vehicle was ambushed by four gunmen on Tuesday evening, a statement from the deputy police spokesman said.
An American woman and her Ugandan driver have been kidnapped from a national park in southwest Uganda by gunmen demanding a ransom of $500,000 for their release, police said on Wednesday.
An elderly couple who were also at the scene were not taken, and they raised the alarm, the police said. The identity of the kidnappers was unclear. Somali Islamist group al Shabaab has launched attacks in Uganda in the past, but it has never kidnapped anyone for ransom.
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