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3 Foreigners attacked and killed by hippo near Beit Bridge
3 Foreigners attempting to cross the Limpopo River into South Africa were attacked and killed by a hippopotamus on Wednesday evening reports the Limpopo police.
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LIMPOPO -3 Foreigners attempting to cross the Limpopo River into South Africa were attacked and killed by a hippopotamus on Wednesday evening reports the Limpopo police.
“The bodies of two adult males and a child who is estimated to be between the age of 7 and 9 were discovered on Thursday morning when an injured survivor alerted a passerby,” says provincial police spokesperson, Col Ronel Otto.
“The police were informed and the young survivor was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated.”
The identities of the deceased are still unkown and a inquest was registered concludes Otto.
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