Angola: Citizen Drowns After Hippopotamus Attack in Dirico

Menongue — An Angolan citizen was drowned in the Cubango River, Dirico municipality, Cuando Cubango province, after a hippopotamus attack, when the victim intended to cross to the neighboring Republic of Namibia, in a small boat.

The spokesman of the local Civil Protection and Fire Service in Cuando Cubango, Albano Cutarica, detailed that, during the attack, the canoe, in a precarious state of conservation, sank, having proven the death of the citizen, by drowning.

According to the spokesperson…