Tanzania: four suspected poachers killed in Serengeti National Park, after killing elephants, police reported on Sunday.
Rangers recovered a sub machine gun (SMG), 367 rounds of ammunitions, as well as traditional weapons that included knives and machetes. “They also found an elephant killed by poachers at the scene and they were in the process of removing tusks”, the regional police chief said.
The country’s second largest park covering 14,763 square kilometres has over 200 armed rangers, mainly tasked to fight poaching and other illegal activities in the park.
