Park manager arrested over gorilla deaths: govt

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

GOMA, DRCongo (AFP) — A senior manager at a world heritage African wildlife park was arrested Tuesday as an investigation into the killing of 10 rare mountain gorillas gathered pace, a government minister said.

Honore Mashagiro, a member of the Congolese nature conservation institute, was arrested in Goma, Nord-Kivu, Environment Minister Felicite Kalume told AFP.

He is accused of "orchestrating" the killing of the animals, in the Virunga National Park of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2007. Another two of them are missing.

Another institute member, who requested anonymity, said six foresters would also be questioned over the coming days on suspicion of having trapped and killed the animals in the site on Mashagiro's orders.

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