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Hippo attacks and injures man guarding farm on shores of lake

Emmanuel Obiero, 21, who was attacked by a hippo, receiving treatment at Sindo Sub County Hospital in Homa Bay County. [Photo by James Omoro/Standard]

A 21-year-old man was attacked and injured by a hippopotamus on the shores of Lake Victoria in Homa Bay County.

Emmanuel Obiero was attacked by the wildbeest at Ngeri beach in Suba South sub-county on Wednesday morning.

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