A team of Special Forces Commandos attached to Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s office have already identified the position of four gunmen who abducted an American Tourist along with a Ugandan driver in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Kimbley Sue Endecott, 35, a female American and John Paul, a driver were kidnapped on gun point on Tuesday around 6:00pm.
The captors, using Kimbley’s phone have since demanded $500000 ransom which is equivalent to shs 1.8bn.
Police earlier on Wednesday issued a statement saying it had sent its counterterrorist “elite force” to the park to pursue the kidnappers.
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TrumpetNews has however, learnt that the operation was led by a group of SFC commandos, Russian trained, attached Muhoozi’s office.
A trusted source speaking on condition of anonymity said, “by 8pm, I had received information that the kidnappers had already been located.”
Adding that it will take a short time and they will be taken out.
Asked where the location of the kidnappers, a source said, “this will jeopodize the operation.”
This source said the commandos were dispatched on orders of the Commander in Chief, Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
UPDF through its spokesperson had earlier assured the nation that the abductees will be rescued.