A British newlywed, his South African wife and a Ugandan tour guide were killed in a suspected terrorist attack in Uganda.
The couple were on a honeymoon safari at Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park when they and their guide were gunned down on Tuesday by attackers with alleged links to ISIS, the country’s“It was a cowardly act on the part of the terrorists attacking innocent civilians and tragic for the couple who were newlyweds and visiting Uganda on their honeymoon,” President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday.After the attack their vehicle was set on fire.
On Tuesday’s incident, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said Ugandan police are “aggressively pursuing” the suspected rebels, and expressed “our deepest condolences to the families of the victims”.Since April 2019, some ADF attacks have been claimed by ISIS, which describes the ADF as one of its offshoots.
In 2019 a US tourist and her safari guide were kidnapped by four gunmen as they drove through the Queen Elizabeth National Park park at dusk. The gunmen dragged the pair from their safari vehicle, but left behind two other tourists, whom police described as an ‘elderly couple’. The guide and tourist were exchanged after a ransom was paid for their release.How Bafana Bafana can book a ticket to 2026 FIFA World Cup
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