While security officials earlier refused to say if a ransom had been paid, a tourism minister confirmed payment was made
Uganda’s police spokesperson Fred Enanga addresses the media on the rescue of American tourist Kimberley Sue Endecott, who was abducted by gunmen in Queen Elizabeth National Park, at the police headquarters in Kampala, Uganda April 8, 2019. Picture: REUTERS/NEWTON NABWAYA
It’s one of Uganda’s most visited parks, home to antelopes, lions, elephants, hippos, crocodile and leopards. Police did not give details about the suspects but said they had been detained during “raids and extensive searches” in Kanungu district, more than 400km southwest of the capital Kampala.
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