Brit tourist 'gunned down by ISIS-linked terrorists' while on safari in Uganda

A British tourist on a safari holiday in Africa is one of three people believed murdered by ISIS terrorists.

The holidaymaker was touring the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda when the group were attacked. Police in Uganda say they believe all three were gunned down by an Islamic terror group linked to ISIS.

The British holidaymaker, who has not been named, was travelling with another tourist from South Africa and a local driver who was their guide. The car they were travelling in was found still on fire in the national park.

Ugandan police said they suspect members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) - an armed group aligned with ISIS - were behind the attack. Police spokesman Fred Enanga tweeted: "We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and an Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The three were killed, and their safari vehicle burnt."

Two other people - a South African holidaymaker and a Ugandan driver - were also killed in the attack (Sax Rohmer LTD)

A spokesperson for the Uganda Wildlife Authority said the attack took place on the outskirts of the park on Tuesday evening. "The deceased whose names are withheld, include an Ugandan, a UK citizen and a South African citizen," the spokesman said.

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"In response to this incident, UWA has informed the Uganda Police Force and other security agencies who are working diligently to establish the precise sequence of events leading up to this horrific incident and to identify those responsible. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims, and we share in their grief during this difficult time."

The ADF is a shadowy rebel group that originated in Uganda but whose fighters now operate in a lawless part of eastern Congo. The group has established ties with the Islamic State group. Queen Elizabeth National Park, located in a remote area near the Congo border, is one of the country's most popular conservation areas.

Such an attack is rare in this East African country. It comes at a time when Ugandan troops are hunting down the ADF deep inside Congo. The ADF occasionally carries out cross-border attacks. In one such attack in June, the group was accused of massacring at least 41 people, most of them students, in a raid on a remote Ugandan community near the border.

The ADF has long opposed the rule of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a U.S. security ally who has held power in the East African country since 1986. The group was established in the early 1990s by Ugandan Muslims who said they had been sidelined by Museveni's policies. At the time, the rebels staged deadly attacks in Ugandan villages and the capital, including a 1998 attack in which 80 students were massacred in a border town.