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Hippo kills fisherman who survived crocodile attack

Residents of Usoma Beach, Kisumu county cover the body of Hamisi Omar with water weed at the shore of Lake Victoria after his body was discovered. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

A fisherman was has been killed by a hippo at Usoma beach in Kisumu West, a year after he survived a crocodile attack at the same point.

Hamisi Omari, 23, was fishing in Lake Victoria on Wednesday morning with Andrew Oduor.

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