Ugandan police are pursuing Allied Defence Force (ADF) militants who are suspected to have shot dead two tourists and a guide at the Queen Elizabeth National Park.
The three – a British, a South African and a Ugandan guide – were killed in an attack on Tuesday evening while travelling in a tour vehicle, the Ugandan Wildlife Authority said.
Their safari vehicle was burnt, the police said, posting a picture of a burning vehicle on X, formerly Twitter.
The national park borders Lake Edward in the west, which separates Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Islamic State-linked ADF militants are based.
“Our joint forces responded immediately upon receiving the information [of the attack] and are aggressively pursuing the suspected ADF rebels. We express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims,” the police said in a statement.
The ADF has been blamed for a number of deadly attacks in Uganda in the past, including the killing of dozens of students in an attack in June.
The latest attack comes days after President Yoweri Museveni said they had foiled an attack on churches by the group on Sunday.
He had earlier said that Ugandan forces had carried out air strikes against four ADF positions in DR Congo.
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