After three individuals, including a British person, were slain by ADF rebels the day before, the UK on Wednesday recommended its citizens to stay away from Uganda’s well-known Queen Elizabeth person Park.
The British government “advises against all but essential travel to this park” in the south-west of the nation, which is particularly well-liked by tourists, in its advice to travelers.
“If you are currently in the park, you should follow the advice of the local security authorities. If you are able to do so safely, you should consider leaving the area”, they added, stressing that “the assailants are still at large”.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) border town of Queen Elizabeth Park is where three people, including British and South African nationals, as well as their Ugandan tour guide, died on Tuesday evening.
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia headquartered in the eastern DRC that has sworn allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) group, were responsible for the attack, according to the police.
The majority-Muslim Ugandan rebels who founded the ADF in the early 1990s now have their main bases in the DRC and frequently carry out deadly attacks on both Congolese and Ugandan territory.
42 people, including 37 kids, were killed in the group’s attack on a school in western Uganda in June.
Security personnel most recently prevented bombing attempts on churches close to Kampala, the capital.
