At least three tourists have been shot dead in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese District, western Uganda.
The incident will send shockwaves in Uganda’s tourism industry which contributes 7.7% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The incident comes just days after Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed one person and burned a truck in Kasese District.
The assailants also torched the yet-to-be identified tourists’ cars.
The incident occurred between Lake Nyamununka and Kabatooro.
Police confirmed the development, describing the incident as ‘cowardly.’
“We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park,” said Police.
“The three were killed, and their safari vehicle burnt. Our joint forces responded immediately upon receiving the information and are aggressively pursuing the suspected ADF rebels,” the law enforcement body emphasised.
Last Friday, Deputy Army spokesperson, Col Deo Akiiki, said an estimated five armed ADF elements ambushed a trailer at 1:00am which was carrying onions from Kisoro to Mpondwe Lhubiriha border and burnt it.
This happened at Katojo Junction along Bwera-Kinyamaseke-Kasese Road in Kasese District. The trailer had four occupants.
Akiiki said UPDF squads were tracking down the attackers.
In June, the militants killed 41 people in an attack on a school in Kasese near the DRC border.
The ADF pledged allegiance to the Islamic State to access enough resources and training to carry out regional terrorist attacks.
Officials last week told ChimpReports that dozens of ADF agents had infiltrated the country with the view of conducting terror attacks.
President Museveni on Sunday said security services had foiled a bomb attack in Butambala, Central Uganda.
“We shall get them wherever they go: Congo, Uganda, South Africa, or wherever they go,” said Museveni.
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