Conservationist Gallmann shot in Kenya ranch

Nairobi - The 73-year-old author of the memoir I Dreamed of Africa was shot in the stomach

Gunmen wounded Italian-born conservationist Kuki Gallmann at her conservation park on Sunday in the latest of a string of attacks during land invasions in drought-stricken northern Kenya.
The 73-year-old author of the memoir I Dreamed of Africa was shot in the stomach after the vehicle she was driving in was ambushed by a group of gunmen, a family friend said.
Gallmann, who was played by Kim Basinger in the 2000 film of the book, was going to inspect fresh damage to her property after invaders burned down a retreat there on Saturday. She was ambushed when she was forced to stop by a tree laid across the track, the friend said. The gunmen shot her, but Gallmann was saved when rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service intervened and fought off the attackers.