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Celia and David Barlow, from Berkshire, had just tied the knot at their wedding in South Africa on Saturday, with their friend toasting the “special” couple’s future in a speech, when they were suddenly and brutally murdered on their honeymoon.

It is confined that the honeymooners were attacked by “terrorists” who set fire to their safari vehicle and killed alongside their guide, while driving through Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda on Tuesday.

Their friend Stephen Davis had just toasted the newlyweds three days before the “senseless, barbaric act” that he said felt “like a massive kick”, per the BBC.

He said: “They were… highly successful people. David was a director of a family wood-yard that’s been here for 11 generations and Celia was senior vice-president of a hotel chain.

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“David had a large family… It’s raw for them. Celia’s family in South Africa was extensive. Family and friends were really key… That’s what made them so special.”

Davis added that “They’d travelled extensively in southern Africa” and wanted to see the park’s gorillas and other primates; ” this was one of the things that they’d yet to achieve.”.

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But it seems their goal was shortlived, as their safari vehicle went up in flames in the park. Police in Uganda posted pictures of a vehicle on fire following the murders.

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The police said they were pursuing suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, an IS-linked Islamist group operating mainly in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

IS claimed responsibility for the attack via its Telegram channels (albeit without providing evidence), while the UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Uganda, warning the “attackers remain at large” and advising against “all but essential travel” to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Too terrible.

[source:bbc]