Zim ranger kills Italian father and son he mistook for poachers
15 March 2016 - 02:44
An Italian father and son have been shot dead by a ranger in a wildlife park in Zimbabwe, the parks agency said yesterday, saying the pair had been mistaken for elephant poachers.Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said Claudio Chiarelli and his son Max Chiarelli were members of anti-poaching organisation Zambezi Society, which was conducting patrols in Mana Pools National Park on Sunday.The two men had been with a group sent out to relieve a team of rangers deployed the previous day to follow a trail of suspected poachers."The ranger ... saw movement in the thicket, heard voices and opened fire, accidentally shooting and killing the pair," the parks agency said...
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