Hippo attacks woman in Limpopo
2007-02-03 13:54
Johannesburg - A 55-year-old woman was killed by a hippopotamus at Nsavulani village outside Giyani in Limpopo, reported SABC radio news on Saturday.
Headman Zankosi Rikhotso said three women were fishing in the local river when the hippo attacked them.
The other two woman escaped unhurt.
The SABC Saturday morning news report quoted Rikhotso as saying that paramedics had certified the woman dead when they arrived at her home.
She had been carried there by donkey cart.
- SAPA