Overview

• A 59-year-old tourist was killed by a lion at a luxury safari lodge in northwest Namibia on May 30 as he exited his tent to use the toilet.
• Other campers scared the lion away but discovered the man’s body moments later.
• Police spokesperson Elifas Kuwinga said the scene has been secured and a thorough inquiry is underway.
• The attack took place at a high-end tented complex in a remote region where desert dunes meet mountains.
• Local lion numbers, once about 60 adults and more than a dozen cubs in 2023, have fallen due to drought-driven prey shortages and human conflicts.