A honeymooning couple and their tour guide were tragically killed in an attack by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) at Queen Elizabeth National Park last month.
The victims were British citizen David Barlow, his South African wife Emmaretia Geyer, and Ugandan tour guide Eric Alyai. In response, Ugandan troops initiated an operation to locate and neutralize the militants responsible.
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has reported that at least 11 militants, including those involved in the attack, were killed during the operation.
The attackers were cornered and eliminated on Lake Edward, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“It should be noted that this was a part of the group that killed the tourists. The operation is still on to finish all the splinter groups of ADF,” he said.
Although ADF is a rebel group associated with the Islamic State, it is primarily active in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including western Uganda.
41 children were killed when ADF fighters carried out a surprise attack on a Ugandan school in June.