The two have been missing since they and two others were allegedly held at gunpoint in a national park this week. The two others escaped unharmed.
A herd of elephants moves through Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda in August 2018. By Siobhán O'Grady Siobhán O'Grady WorldViews reporter Email Bio Follow April 4 at 1:44 PM Security officials are intensifying their search for an American tourist and her local guide kidnapped Tuesday evening after armed men ambushed them on a game drive in a national park in southwest Uganda.
Earlier this week, at an event unrelated to the Uganda incident, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the families of American hostages and stressed that “any payment to a terrorist or a terrorist regime gives money so that they can seize more of our people.” On Wednesday, police said in a statement that they “strongly believe” the kidnappers and the victims “could still be trapped within our search area, and we are hopeful that our efforts will lead to their successful recovery.”
Ugandan Ambassador to Washington Mull Katende stressed to The Post on Thursday that it is very “unusual” for a tourist to be kidnapped in Uganda, a peaceful country with a booming tourism industry based largely on its national parks and wildlife. Katende said this incident is “the first time I’m hearing” of a tourist kidnapping.
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