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Fishermen butchered by suspected Tanzanian pirates in Homa Bay

One of the fishermen said he survived by swimming away from the attackers after being hit with crude weapons.[Standard]

Two fishermen were killed Sunday while one sustained serious injuries when they were attacked by pirates in Lake Victoria.

Naftali Okoth, 29, and George Ochieng’, 26, of Ringiti island, Suba North sub-county met their death near Rukuba beach in the border of Kenyan and Tanzanian waters.

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