Chinese tourist killed in hippo attack

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Nairobi -  

A Chinese tourist has been killed by a hippopotamus near Lake Naivasha in Kenya's Great Riff Valley, medics said on Monday.

The woman, said to be in her 30s, was attacked by a hippo mother  after trying to take photos of a baby hippo, the Standard newspaper  reported.

Wildlife officials shot the mother hippo dead after the incident  which took place at a country club near a nature reserve.

The woman died en route to hospital and her body was being moved  to Nairobi. - Sapa-dpa



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[Folami David]

Killings by animals are scenarios I never wish to see or experience. It is always brutal and cruel. Too bad for this individual. R.I.P