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Child dead, 23 people missing after hippopotamus capsizes canoe on river in Malawi

Updated on: 17 May,2023 09:37 AM IST  |  Malawi
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The long wooden canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire river on their way to neighbouring Mozambique when it was hit by the hippo in Nsanje district on Monday.

Child dead, 23 people missing after hippopotamus capsizes canoe on river in Malawi

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A one-year-old child died and 23 people were missing and feared dead after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on a river in southern Malawi, authorities said on Tuesday. The long wooden canoe was carrying 37 people across the Shire river on their way to neighbouring Mozambique when it was hit by the hippo in Nsanje district on Monday.


Malawian police rescued 13 with the help of World Food Programme personnel who were working in the area and provided boats for the rescue operation, Nsanje District Police Commissioner Dominic Mwandira said. The people were feared dead because the search had been going on for more than 24 hours, police spokesperson Agnes Zalakoma said.


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Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera sent Minister of Water and Sanitation Abida Mia to the scene. She said locals told her hippos often caused problems in the area and they wanted authorities to relocate some of the animals.

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