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News making rounds this evening indicate that armed assailants said to be the Allied Defense Forces (ADF) rebels have attacked tourists who were on a trek in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese district this evening with Gorillas Wildlife Safari company.
According to reports, the rebels whose number is yet to be known killed a yet to be identified number of tourists, their drivers and set two cars on fire. Photos seen by this publication show vehicles burning and lifeless bodies of both foreign nationals and Ugandans lying on the ground.
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This comes barely a week when the ADF rebels attacked a truck which was carrying onions in Mpondwe and killed two people and set the truck on fire. This Congo based rebel group have attacked Uganda on several occasions butchered people, plant bombs that have also claimed Ugandans.
The most fatal one being in May when they attacked a school in Mpondwe, killed over 40 and abducted an unknown number of students.
By the time of publishing this story, police or authorities had not issued a statement.
Unknown assailants (highly suspected to be ADF rebels) have killed a tourist and a tour guide,and burnt their car in Queen Elizabeth National Park along Katwe road,Kasese district western #Uganda.#RiseNewsUganda https://t.co/vv01U38sXy pic.twitter.com/fEzZFsr5bC
— Rise News Uganda Network (@RiseNewsUganda) October 17, 2023
This is a developing story…Details to follow.
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