Global Courant 2023-05-17 05:04:24
A 1-year-old child died and 23 people were reported missing and feared dead after a hippo invaded a canoe and capsized on a river in southern Malawi, authorities said on Tuesday.
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The long wooden canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire River en route to neighboring Mozambique when it was hit by a hippo in the Nsanje district on Monday.
Malawian authorities helped rescue 13 people from the scene of a hippo attack that left a child dead and 23 others missing. (AP Photo/Austin Kachipeya)
Malawian police rescued 13 with the help of World Food Program personnel working in the area and provided boats for the rescue operation, Nsanje district police commissioner Dominic Mwandira said.
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People were feared dead because the search had been going on for more than 24 hours, police spokesman Agnes Zalakoma said.
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Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera sent Water and Sanitation Minister Abida Mia to the scene. She said locals said her hippos often caused trouble in the area and they wanted authorities to relocate some of the animals.
