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Hippo drags boy to his death in lake as horrified onlookers pelt it with stones

The boy died after being dragged into the lake [Photo: Caron Steele / SWNS.com]

A hippopotamus dragged a child to his death as crowds threw rocks at it in a desperate attempt to save the boy. The horrifying scene was caught on camera from the edges of Lake Victoria in Kenya. The child had been playing close to the shore in Mbita while people washed their clothes nearby.

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