The hippopotamus corresponds to the boat in the Ivory Coast. 11 people are missing, including children and children

A government official said on Saturday that eleven people, including children and the child, were missing after the hippo swallowed their boat in the southwestern coast.

The Minister of Western Nation in West Africa for National Coordination and Solidarity, Misses Pellond Dow, She said on her Facebook page The missing persons included women, young girls and infants.

She said that the hippopotamus raises the narrow boat that resembles the boat on Friday, as it was moving along the Sasandra River near the town of Brao.

She said that three people survived the accident and were rescued, and “the search continues in the hope of finding the missing victims.”

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Ivory Coast in 2022 found that the hippopotamus was the most male species of interactions with humans that caused deaths or injury in the country.

There is an estimated 500 horse in the Ivory Coast, distributed among the various rivers in the south of the country, especially the cycles and Bandama water.

Boat accidents are somewhat common in the country, as hand -made boats are used to move between Waterside communities, and they are often excessively loaded with passengers and commodities.

In April, dozens of children and adolescents drowned when the boat turned in a lake near the main city of Abidjan.

The estimates of the number of people who are killed by river mares differ every year, as they start less numbers at about 500.

In June 2024, a woman from New Jersey was killed in the horse’s horse attack during a safari trip in Zambia. Women’s husband Reading later The American company that arranged the trip.

In 2023, seven people were killed, Including one year -old childIn the state of South Africa in Malawi when he accused the hippopotamus in a boat and cut it on the river.

In 2018, he was the Chinese tourist and a local fisherman Killed in river horse attacks On the same day in Kenya.

River mares are the second largest mammal in the world After the elephants, the length of about 11 feet and its length is about 5 feet, according to the International Fund for animal well -being. The male river horse weighs about 7000 pounds.