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Elephant Tramples Tourist To Death In Uganda

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An elephant trampled a Saudi tourist to death in Uganda
This handout photo taken by Save the Elephants on January 17, 2022 and distributed on January 20, 2022 shows a female elephant named Bora walking with her newly born twins at the Samburu National Reserve, northern Kenya. AFP
An elephant trampled a Saudi tourist to death in Uganda
This handout photo taken by Save the Elephants on January 17, 2022, and distributed on January 20, 2022, shows a female elephant named Bora walking with her newly born twins 

 

 

A Saudi tourist was trampled to death by an elephant during a game drive at a popular park in Uganda, a wildlife official said Wednesday.

The attack happened on Tuesday at the Murchison Falls National Park when the man left the vehicle he was travelling in with friends, said Uganda Wildlife Authority spokesman Bashir Hangi.

“They stopped along the way and the deceased went out of the car, an elephant charged at him, killed him on the spot,” Hangi said in a statement.

The victim was identified as Ayman Sayed Elshahany.

Park officials said police will investigate Elshahany’s death as they review security protocols to “avoid a repeat of such incidents”.

Animal attacks are not unheard of in the East African country.

In 2018, a leopard snatched and ate the three-year-old son of a female game ranger at another park in the west of the country.

-AFP