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Fisherman dies after hippo attack in Bondo

A hippopotamus. [iStockphoto]

A 52-year-old fisherman drowned in Lake Victoria near Otono beach in Bondo sub-county on Thursday morning after his boat was torpedoed by a hippopotamus.

The fisherman, Michael Otieno, who was also the Secretary of Otono Beach Management Unit (BMU), is said to have been on a routine fishing expedition when his boat was hit by the hippo before it capsized.

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