Kenyan lion killer dies
20/11/2007 07:27  - (SA)  

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Nairobi - A Kenyan herder who killed a lion only to be mauled later by a pack of hyenas has died, says an official.

Moses Lekalau, 35, on Friday speared a lion to death in Samburu, about 260km northeast of the capital, Nairobi, only to be savaged by hyenas that emerged from the bush.

Herman Wabomba, the spokesperson for the capital's Kenyatta National Hospital, said: "He died at about 18:30 on Monday because of excessive bleeding."

He added: "It was a brave fight for his life on both occasions."

Lekalau speared the lion that had attacked him while walking home with his livestock, then bludgeoned it to death in the region, where wild animals roamed in open ranges.

The lion killer hailed from a nomadic pastoralist community, where boys were ritually required to kill lions as a signature of maturing into manhood.

- AFP

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