An attack on a tourist car in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park on Tuesday, October 17, killed two foreigners and a Ugandan citizen.

The DR Congo-based Islamist ADF militia is suspected to be behind the terrorist attack, according to the spokesperson of Uganda Police Force, Fred Enanga.

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"We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The three were killed, and their safari vehicle burnt,” Enanga said in a statement shared on X.

"Our joint forces responded immediately upon receiving the information and are aggressively pursuing the suspected ADF rebels. We express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims.”

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The Islamic State-linked ADF was blamed for an attack on a school in Uganda’s Kasese District which killed at least 42 schoolchildren in June 2023.

The United Nations-sanctioned armed group is also linked to killings of civilians in DR Congo’s Ituri and Beni provinces, where it has been based since the 1990s.