American Reported Slain Near Kenya Park

Gunmen attacked a group of American tourists viewing wildlife in southern Kenya, killing a woman, wounding a man and robbing others of money, a source said Friday.

The attack Thursday was the second on tourists in Kenya this month.

The incident occurred as 19 tourists were riding in three vans along the 40-mile road between the Amboseli and Tsavo national parks, the source said.

A woman was killed instantly when shot through the head by two men with AK-47 semiautomatic rifles, and a man was shot in the chest, according to the source, who requested anonymity. Some money also was stolen.

The U.S. Embassy confirmed the incident but would give no details. No identities were released. Police Commissioner Philip Kilonzo and Richard Leakey, director of wildlife, went to the scene to investigate.

The trip was organized by the Connecticut Audubon Society and had 18 participants from Connecticut and one from Georgia, said Lauren Brown, a society spokeswoman in Fairfield, Conn. She refused to identify the victims but said both were from Connecticut.

It was the latest in a series of attacks on tourists that began in September when a Dutch tourist was shot in the chest in Meru National Park. In April, three West German tourists were wounded by gunmen who ambushed their vehicles.