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One-Year-Old Girl Dies After Hippo Attacks Canoe Carrying 18 People

Police rescued 16 people after a hippopotamus capsized a canoe, while a one-year-old girl drowned and a Form Three student remained missing.

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A young girl has died and another child remains missing after a hippo attacked a canoe carrying 18 farmers and children in Kenya. The group was crossing the Tana River, the country’s longest river, when the animal attacked the canoe near Mikinduni Village on Tuesday. Police said the vessel capsized during the attack, throwing its […]

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A 20-month-old girl has died and a schoolgirl is missing after a hippopotamus attacked and overturned a canoe carrying 18 people on Kenya's Tana River.

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A 1-year-old girl died and a teenager is missing after a hippopotamus attack a canoe in the Tana River, Kenya, on Tuesday (11). The boat carried 18 farmers and children when it turned over during the crossing, in the village of Mikinduni. According to the police, 16 people were removed from the water alive. Video: Fisherman is attacked by octopus and needs to hit animal to release him from the face in the Adolescent Philippines dies electrocuted…

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A minor lost her life on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, after the attack of a hippopotamus on a canoe carrying 18 passengers was reported. The events occurred in the Tana River, located in Kenya, and according to information, the huge specimen shot down the boat. 16 crew members managed to get out of the water, but an 18-month-old baby was drowned. Although they managed to remove her body, I do not show any vital signs; also, a high school student is…

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Azteca Jalisco broke the news on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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