Bethan Davies and Robert Jesty were sightseeing in the Unesco world heritage site when they were kidnapped. Their guard was murdered GETTY IMAGESTwo British doctors who were freed by kidnappers in the Democratic Republic of Congo were preparing to make their way home yesterday as it was announced that the park where they were snatched will close to tourists. The director of Virunga National Park said that suspending tourism would undermine the reserve’s chances of survival but added that he could no longer guarantee visitors’ safety after the attack on Bethan Davies, 29, and Robert Jesty, 28, and the fatal shooting of the ranger guarding them. The pair, who work at King’s College Hospital in south London, were sightseeing in the Unesco world heritage site, renowned for its active volcano and population of endangered mountain gorillas, when they were seized during an exchange of fire with one…

Source: The Times May 14, 2018 16:01 UTC