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Gorilla warfare: Two British doctors on their kidnapping ordeal in Virunga, the world's most dangerous national park

By Christina Lamb
The Times·
26 mins to read
Gorilla warfare: Two British doctors on their kidnapping ordeal in Virunga, the world's most dangerous national park
Gorilla warfare: Two British doctors on their kidnapping ordeal in Virunga, the world's most dangerous national park

They heard the sound before they saw anything. The slamming of brakes, the rat-a-tat of gunfire through the windscreen. "Get down!" shouted the driver, before slumping over the wheel, bleeding copiously from the shoulder. Next to him, Rachel, the guide, had been shot in the head.

For the two young

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