Man dies in suspected hippo attack at Lusu

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2025-05-05

KATIMA MULILO, 13 March 2025 - NamPol Spokesperson and Head of Community Policing in the Zambezi Region, Inspector Kisco Sitali. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 05 MAY (NAMPA) - The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the Zambezi Region on Sunday opened an inquest case afternoon after a 56-year-old man died from a suspected hippo attack in the Lusu Area.

NamPol Spokesperson for the Zambezi Region, Inspector Kisco Sitali, told Nampa that it is alleged the man left his village on Friday morning to go to the crop fields with his firearm and did not return home that day.

According to Sitali, s...

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