A Saudi tourist has been trampled to death by an elephant during a game drive at a popular park in Uganda.
Uganda Wildlife Authority spokesman Bashir Hangi said the attack happened on Tuesday at the Murchison Falls National Park when the man left the vehicle he was travelling in with friends.
“They stopped along the way and the deceased went out of the car, then an elephant charged at him and killed him on the spot,” Hangi.
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.
