/ 4 January 2000

FRENCH TOURSITS MURDERED IN NAMIBIA

THREE French tourists, including two children, were murdered by gunmen dressed in uniforms on Monday on the road between Andara and Bagani about 40 kilometres west of Rundu in Namibia. SABC radio news said on Tuesday that the gunmen opened fire on a minibus on the same road shortly before the attack on the tourists. The men then shot at the vehicle in which the tourists were travelling. After that, a third vehicle was attacked. It is not clear whether anyone else was injured in the three incidents.