Hippopotamus attack two fishermen on Lake Albert

A notorious hippopotamus hit a fishing boat carrying two fishermen on Lake Albert yesterday evening. #WhisperEyeNews #UgandaNews

The incident happened at Kaligonza village, Kivuje Parish Panyimur Sub-county Pakwach District.

One Sunday, said to be in his   20s, a resident of the same village was seriously injured whilst one person escaped unhurt.

The LC3 chairperson of Panyimur Sub-county Justine Omirambe said the ” two were rescued by people along the lake shores after an alarm was raised”.

Panyimur Subcounty borders Murchison Falls National Park.

According to the leadership of Panyimur Sub-county, from 2021 to date, 13 people have died in the sub-county as a result of attacks by stray animals.

Recently, two people cheated death when their boat was also hit by a stray hippopotamus on the river Nile in Pakwach town council.

Relatedly, two men died after their boat was crushed by a hippopotamus on the River Nile in Wadelai Sub-county, Early this year, one person was killed by a crocodile along the River Nile in Pakwach Sub=County.