Tourists Killed by Terrorists in QENP

[Richprins]

South African tourist among 3 killed in Uganda game reserve attack
By TimesLIVE - 18 October 2023 - 10:05




The safari vehicle came under attack in a Ugandan game reserve.



Image: Uganda Police Force via X

Three people, including tourists from South Africa and Britain, were killed in an attack linked to an Islamic movement, the ADF, in Uganda.

The other victim was their local tour guide.

Uganda police force spokesperson Fred Enanga confirmed the attack on Tuesday evening.

“We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The three were killed and their safari vehicle burnt.

“Our joint forces responded immediately on receiving the information and are aggressively pursuing the suspected ADF rebels.”

Reuters reports the ADF began as an uprising in Uganda but has been based in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the late 1990s. It pledged allegiance to Islamic State in mid-2019 and is accused of killing thousands of villagers in frequent raids over the past decade.

Bashir Hangi, spokesperson of the Uganda Wildlife Authority, said the attack took place on Tuesday evening. The wildlife authority said in a statement one tourist was from South Africa and the other from the UK.

The national park's western boundary is the shore of Lake Edward, which separates Uganda from Congo.

Rebels from ADF have previously carried out attacks in the area and across the border in Congo, where they have bases.

Uganda and Congo launched a joint ground and air operation against the ADF in December 2021 in an effort to eliminate them from eastern Congo. Uganda says it has succeeded in killing more than 560 fighters and destroyed their camps.

Last week, ADF fighters killed at least one man and injured another when it ambushed a truck in western Uganda.

In September, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said an air strike had killed a senior ADF commander, Meddie Nkalubo, accused of being a mastermind of suicide bombings in Kampala in 2021 that left seven people dead. Museveni said on Sunday that the relentless offensive against ADF, including air strikes a day before, had forced ADF fighters to re-enter Uganda where they could possibly increase attacks.

This is a developing story.

TimesLIVE

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[Lisbeth]

Why? Just to prove that they can?

[Richprins]

Uganda army says it attacked rebels who murdered honeymooning tourists
By Elias Biryabarema - 02 November 2023 - 10:16


Uganda's army has killed six fighters from an Islamic State-linked group that shot dead a honeymooning couple and their guide in a national park two weeks ago, the military said on Wednesday.

The army said its soldiers also captured a commander from the militant Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) which on October 17 murdered David and Celia Barlow and their Ugandan guide Eric Ayai in Queen Elizabeth National Park near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.

Celia Barlow (nee Geyer) was South African and her new husband was British.

The army killed the ADF fighters and captured the commander, known by his nickname Njovu, during a night-time operation, Maj-Gen Dick Prit Olum said in a video statement.

"ADF terrorists whom we have been tracking down since the attack on tourists were finally got and a number of them were killed last night on Lake Edward," Ugandan military deputy spokesperson Deo Akiiki said earlier.

"The operation is still on to finish all the splinter groups of ADF," he added.

The ADF began as a movement opposing the Ugandan government in the early 1990s. After being routed by the army, it fled into Congo and got involved in the smuggling of timber, gold and agricultural products.

It pledged allegiance to Islamic State four years ago.

A day after the ambush, Islamic State claimed responsibility on its Telegram channel.

Reuters

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[Lisbeth]

Revenge! But they must get rid of them completely like you do with rats