Security was tightened in South Africa’s Kruger National Park nature reserve after two tourists were found dead there, authorities said on Sunday.
The two South African victims — a 71-year-old man and a woman whose age was not disclosed — failed to return to their lodge on Wednesday evening, prompting a search operation.
Other tourists eventually found their bodies in a river on Friday afternoon. Police said the man had stab wounds, while the woman’s body showed signs of bruising. Their vehicle was also missing.
SANParks said it was “deploying additional monitoring and ranger resources in specific areas of concern” in response to the incident.
The agency added that it was “enhancing technology systems to strengthen surveillance and early warning capabilities.”
It also stated that this was the first time in the park’s 100-year history that visitors had been killed there.
Kruger National Park, located in the north-east of the country, is South Africa’s largest national park, covering 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 square miles). It shares more than 370 kilometres of border with Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Source: Punch News.
