American lady kidnapped from Ugandan national park

American lady kidnapped from Ugandan national park  kampala, april 3 (reuters) - an american lady and her ugandan driver had been kidnapped from queen elizabeth national park in southwest uganda through shooters requesting a payoff of $500,000 police said on Wednesday.

kimberley sue endecott, 35, and ugandan motive force jean paul had been on an entertainment drive when their car changed into trapped by way of four shooters on tuesday nighttime, a police explanation stated.

An older couple who were likewise at the scene were not taken, and they raised the caution, the police said 

The personality of the criminals was hazy. The Somali Islamist activist group al Shabaab has completed assaults in Uganda before, however has never kidnapped anybody for payment there.

The park, Uganda's most visited, is situated around 400 km (250 miles) southwest of the capital Kampala, close to the outskirt with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), home to many divided revolutionary groups.

Police said starting signs were that the capturing was monetarily inspired, since the group had rapidly made an interest utilizing Endecott's cellphone. 

"We emphatically trust this payment is the explanation for this grab," they said. "The Joint Security groups have removed all leave regions on the fringe among Uganda and the DRC looking for the people in question."

The police trust the group may in any case be in the park, their announcement said. 

The U.S. international safe haven in Kampala said it would be issuing an announcement later. 

in 1999, an american couple, 4 britons and two new zealanders were accomplished alongside 4 ugandan aides whilst their organization turned into trapped through shooters in uganda's bwidi impenetrable wooded area. Survivors said the executioners seemed, by all accounts, to be Hutu rebels situated in Congo. 

Bwidi Forest starts around 20 km (12 miles) south of Queen Elizabeth National Park. (Composing by Katharine Houreld Editing by Kevin Liffey)