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Poachers open fire on advancing KWS personnel

By Renson Mnyamwezi

MOMBASA, KENYA: The Kenya Wildlife Service KWS has announced that its security team came under heavy gunfire on Saturday inside a ranch as they pursued a gang of poachers suspected to have killed six elephants within Tsavo West National Park on the same day.

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