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6 Park Rangers Ambushed and Killed in Congo Gorilla Reserve
The attack in the Virunga National Park was the latest assault on rangers charged with protecting one of Africa’s oldest nature areas.
Park rangers patrolling the Virunga National Park in Congo in 2012. At least six rangers were ambushed and killed in the park over the weekend.Credit.Jerome Delay/Associated Press
Jan. 11, 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya At least six rangers have been ambushed and killed in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, park officials said, part of a wave of violence that has plagued Africa’s oldest
park and continues to endanger the home of around a third of the world’s mountain gorillas.