Hippo crashes illegal fisherman to death

By Standard Reporter

Naivasha, Kenya: Operations around Lake Naivasha were temporarily paralysed after a fisherman was attacked and killed by a hippo.

The man was in the company of three others and were illegally fishing at Lake Naivasha early morning yesterday when they were attacked.

The death brought to five the number of illegal fishermen killed in the lake in the last six months by marauding hippos.

The father of two had arrived in the lake early in the morning with his colleagues ready for the illegal job.

“They were halfway through their illegal fishing when the lone hippo attacked holding the man by the waist before splitting him into two parts,” said a shaken witness.

His colleagues escaped, leaving behind their fishing gear as the victim screamed for help. Fisheries officers in Naivasha have in the recent past expressed their concern over the sharp increase of illegal fishermen in the troubled lake.