Eight people have drowned in Chuungu Lagoon in Lochinvar Game park after a vicious hippo hit the two paddling boats in which they were.
Confirming the death of the eight people Lochinvar park ranger, James David Phiri, told Monze DC, Biggie Mwiinde, that two paddling boats carrying four and 12 people respectively were hit by a vicious hippo suspected to have been nursing its young ones in the area around 05:00hrs on Monday.
Mr Phiri explained that the vicious hippo hit the two boats on the same day and eight people drowned while six were rescued by marine travellers.
The ranger said among the deceased were three adult females of which one was pregnant and five children aged between two to three years.
He further said by yesterday only two bodies of juveniles were retrieved and six bodies were still missing while the searching continued.
Meanwhile Monze District Commissioner, Biggie Mwiinde, has described the situation as a disaster to the district and a nation as a whole.
Mr Mwiinde and Chieftainess Choongo have appealed to ZAWA to crop the beast in order to save human life.
Yangwe infubu iyi yamupamba.Awe chabipa nokumfwa mwe.Nabalale muchibote.
Terrible news
That hippo need eaten at the funeral of the deceased.
In Zambia, everything is so vicious now.
@ Nostradamus,
As sad as it is you’ve cracked me up. And believe it bro as sinister as it sounds the Hippo really needs to be eaten
Speak English
rest in peace my peeps from chief choongo. kumanda kunteme baasa.
What’s wrong with people can they not see read the hippo’s warning signals!!
IF U FOLLOW THE STORY FROM WHERE IT HAPPENED U WILL FIND THAT THOSE PIPO HAD TO CROSS IN ORDER TO HAVE FOOD ON THEIR TABLES PF HAS A HAND IN THESE DEATHS PIPO RISK THEIR LIVES BECOZ OF HIGH COST OF LIVING
What was the hippos name? Kambwili? Making another “DISASTER” ??
Why was he trying to sink pabwato? It is already sinking by itself!
Ba Judge – So mwebo nga kwaba imfwa iili yonse iya imako ni nshi niba PF balenga. Are you saying there is a party that cal eliminate death?
Ba Bullbar na mwebo…ala mulepelulula. Abesa pa LT bengi. Talk sense so that others can be up built.
Abanenu naba fwilwa, bambi elyo basanga opportunity yaku bwataika…Cibi…
Some bloggers, awe mwandi. Kwati na peepa fwaka ya caume mwe! Fyonse masange. Can’t we be serious for once?