The elephant kills two women from the United Kingdom and New Zealand at the Zambia National Park star-news.press/wp

Police said that two tourists were killed in Zambia at the hands of an elephant on Thursday while they were on a safari in a national park, a year after two American women were killed in separate elephant attacks in the country.

Eastern Province Police Commissioner Robertson Mwimba said that the 68-year-old victims from the United Kingdom from New Zealand-were attacked by a female elephant with the calf.

Police said that the safari evidence with the group tried to prevent the elephant from directing women to shoot him. The elephant was injured and shot. Police said the guides were unable to prevent the elephant attack, and both women died at the scene.

This happened in South Languwa National Park In eastern Zambia, about 370 miles from the capital, Lusaka.

Female elephants are very protection for calves and can respond strongly to what they see as threats.

Last year, Two American tourists were killed Juliana Jill Toro from New Mexico and Jill Matson from Minnesota – in Separate confrontations With elephants in different parts of Zambia. Either way, tourists were also elderly women and were on a safari when they were attacked.

There have been deadly elephant attacks in other parts of the world in recent months.

In April, officials in Kenya A 54 -year -old man who was killed by an elephant in the central part of the country said.

In January, the tourist was killing By an elephant in the famous Kruger Park in South Africa.

In the same month, police in Thailand Phil said “panic” A Spanish tourist killed While she was bathing the animal in a haven. In the previous month, Phil killed a 49 -year -old woman in a national park in Louis County in northern Thailand.

Last July, a The Spanish tourist crushed to death By elephants after he left his fiancée in the car to take pictures in a different games of games in South Africa.