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@kfm Mon, 30 Oct 2023 04:24:01

UK govt to compensate relatives of killed tourists

By Andrew Bagala The United Kingdom is to compensatethe relatives of a British citizen and his wife, who were killed in a terror attack in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Western Uganda. British citizen David Barlow, his South African wife Emmaretia Geyer and Eric Alyai, their Ugandan tour guide, were shot dead by suspected Allied Democratic Forces rebels on October 17. However, the relatives of the Ugandan victim Alyai aren’t eligible for compensation since he was not a British citizen or closely related to a British national. In a statement issued on Friday, the United Kingdom (UK) government said the Queen Elizabeth National Park incident has been designated as an act of terrorism by the foreign office and, therefore, victims […]

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