Tragedy Strikes as Hippo Capsizes Boat in Malawi

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Tragedy Strikes as Hippo Capsizes Boat in Malawi
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Six more bodies have been recovered from the Shire River in Malawi, bringing the death toll to seven after a boat carrying about 37 people was capsized by a hippo on Monday. 17 people are still unaccounted for and the river is infested with crocodiles and hippos. The villagers were crossing the river to get to their farms at the Malawian border with Mozambique when the boat they were traveling in was struck by the hippo.

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