6 elephants killed in 14 months in Tanzania's Ruaha National Park

DAR ES SALAAM, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Tanzanian police are holding three suspected poachers in connection with the killing of six elephants in the East African nation's Ruaha National Park between January 2022 and February 2023, an official said on Saturday.

Godwell Ole Meing'ataki, assistant conservation commissioner and commanding officer for the Ruaha National Park, told Xinhua over the phone that the suspected poachers were arrested on Feb. 28 in the Iringa municipality by the Wildlife and Forest Force of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism in collaboration with the police.