- by foxnews
- 03 Apr 2025
A Saudi tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant during a game drive at a popular park in Uganda, a wildlife official says.
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.
The victim was identified as Ayman Sayed Elshahany.
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.
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