NOTE: This story was published after an African tourism ministry confused the countries of Australia and Austria in announcing the death of a tourist in Namibia.

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An Australian tourist has been killed by an elephant while on holiday in Namibia.

A 59-year-old man was killed in the Huab river in the Kunene region where a group of tourists were camping on Thursday morning, local time.

"This is a very unfortunate incident and highly regrettable," the country's Ministry of Environment and Tourism confirmed in a statement posted on social media.