{"id":8179,"date":"2015-08-08T06:30:05","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T04:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/?p=8179"},"modified":"2017-10-10T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T09:37:47","slug":"virunga-national-park-ranger-ishara-birindwa-killed-defending-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/en\/virunga-national-park-ranger-ishara-birindwa-killed-defending-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Virunga National Park: Ranger Ishara Birindwa killed defending the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virunga.org\/projects\/fallen-rangers-fund\/\">https:\/\/virunga.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;We deeply regret to announce the death of our Ranger Easter Ishara Birindwa, killed during a Mai Mai attack on one of our positions in the Northern Sector of the park yesterday evening. A force of Mai Mai militias estimated at between 20 and 30 armed men attacked the ranger position in the early evening, burning down the patrol post. A reinforcement of rangers arrived 4am this morning and after a sustained armed confrontation with the militias, were able to recover the position.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ranger Ishara Birindwa was a young ranger of 21, who successfully graduated from the ranger training in Ishango in 2013. His service record was excellent during his tragically short career.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Over the next four days, all donations made through virunga.org will be allocated to the Fallen Rangers Widows Fund.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Emmanuel de Merode&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virunga.org\" rel=\"https:\/\/virunga.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8176 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/VirungaRangers.jpg\" alt=\"VirungaRangers\" width=\"800\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virunga.org\" rel=\"https:\/\/virunga.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8177 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aguaplano.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/virunga_logo_sans_regular-copy-300x88.jpg\" alt=\"virunga_logo_sans_regular copy\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virunga.org\/projects\/fallen-rangers-fund\/\">https:\/\/virunga.org\/donate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/virunga.org\/donate &#8220;We deeply regret to announce the death of our Ranger Easter Ishara Birindwa, killed during a Mai Mai attack on one of our positions in the Northern Sector of the park yesterday evening. 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