{"id":2825,"date":"2023-10-18T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/friends-pay-tribute-to-honeymoon-couple-killed-in-uganda\/18\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T16:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T20:28:04","slug":"friends-pay-tribute-to-honeymoon-couple-killed-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/friends-pay-tribute-to-honeymoon-couple-killed-in-uganda\/18\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends pay tribute to honeymoon couple killed in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Friends have paid tribute to a couple killed on their honeymoon alongside their guide in Uganda&#8217;s Queen Elizabeth National Park.<\/p>\n<p>The couple have been named locally as David and <button class=\"caas-xray-inline caas-xray-entity caas-xray-pill\" data-ylk=\"cid:Celia_Barlow;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:OfficeHolder;\" data-entity-id=\"Celia_Barlow\">Celia Barlow<\/button>, from Hampstead Norreys, near Newbury in Berkshire.<\/p>\n<p>The village&#8217;s cricket club said they will be &#8220;desperately missed&#8221; while the parish council called Mr Barlow a &#8220;pillar of the community&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda&#8217;s police said their vehicle was set alight after they were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Davies, church warden at St Mary&#8217;s Church in Hampstead Norreys, said the news was &#8220;incomprehensible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wake today with a heavy heart, and the deepest sorrow to hear the devastating news of the death of Dave and Celia Barlow,&#8221; Mr Davies said. &#8220;Words cannot express how to react to this dreadful news.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hampstead Norreys Parish Council described Mr Barlow as an &#8220;exceptional chairman&#8221; who served the council for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a pillar of the community, always prioritising their needs,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Hampstead Norreys Cricket Club also paid tribute to the couple, affectionately describing Mr Barlow as &#8220;Lord Barlow&#8221; and describing Mrs Barlow &#8211; who was born in South Africa &#8211; as &#8220;an amazing human who will be desperately missed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Toby Harris, a member of the village parish council, said Mr Barlow &#8220;was a very genuine person&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spent a lot of time bumping into him at the pub for a beer or two. He was approachable and down to earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media Andrew Mitchell, the UK minister of state for development and Africa, said he was &#8220;shocked and saddened by the horrific attack&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My thoughts are with the victims and their families,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;British nationals in Uganda should follow travel advice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni said on X, formerly Twitter, that the Ugandan High Commission in the UK would provide support to the families of the murdered couple.<\/p>\n<p>Police said joint forces were pursuing suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, an IS-linked Islamist group which traces its roots to Uganda but operates mainly in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).<\/p>\n<p>The two countries have intensified operations targeting the group in recent months, and the incident occurred near Uganda&#8217;s border with DRC.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, IS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Telegram channels, without providing evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Two days earlier, Uganda&#8217;s president said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-67119939?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:police had foiled a plot;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \">police had foiled a plot<\/a>, allegedly planned by ADF militants, to bomb churches in the country&#8217;s central Butambala district.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoliceUg\/status\/1714335119563956507\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fred Enanga said on X;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link \">Fred Enanga said on X<\/a>: &#8220;We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack on two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The three were killed, and their safari vehicle burnt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added the police were &#8220;aggressively pursuing&#8221; the suspected rebels, and expressed &#8220;our deepest condolences to the families of the victims&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The police force also posted a photograph of a green four-wheel-drive vehicle on fire.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Uganda, warning the &#8220;attackers remain at large&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It is advising against &#8220;all but essential travel&#8221; to Queen Elizabeth National Park, adding that anyone in the park should &#8220;follow the advice of local security authorities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you are able to do so safely, you should consider leaving the area,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Foreign Office said: &#8220;We are providing consular assistance to the family of a British national following an incident at Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. We are in close contact with the local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;British nationals in the area should follow our travel advice and contact us if they require assistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/friends-pay-tribute-honeymoon-couple-164322040.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends have paid tribute to a couple killed on their honeymoon alongside their guide in Uganda&rsquo;s Queen Elizabeth National Park. 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