Hippo kills lake tourist

A HIPPOPOTAMUS has attacked and killed a tourist from Taiwan who was taking photographs on the shore of Lake Naivasha in Kenya.

The man was pronounced dead on arrival at the Naivasha District Hospital, while another tourist survived the attack on Saturday evening, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service said on Sunday.

“We are tracking the hippo,” the service said on Twitter on Sunday.

The agency identified the dead man as Chang Ming Chuang, 66, and the survivor as Wu Peng Te, 62.