Three arrested over killing of British pilot in Tanzania

Three men have been arrested over the shooting down of a British pilot during a helicopter operation to track down elephant killers in Tanzania. Roger Gower died while tracking poachers in the Maswa game reserve in the north of the country. Officials said his helicopter crashed after being hit by rounds from an AK-47 rifle […]

Three men have been arrested over the shooting down of a British pilot during a helicopter operation to track down elephant killers in Tanzania.
Roger Gower died while tracking poachers in the Maswa game reserve in the north of the country. Officials said his helicopter crashed after being hit by rounds from an AK-47 rifle fired from the ground on Friday.
The mission had been a collaboration between the Friedkin Conservation Fund and the Tanzanian government, which has struggled to respond to an explosion of “industrial-scale poaching” in recent years.