A bird kuda zero suddenly attacked a two-year-old boy who was playing in his house a Uganda. The hippopotamus even swallowed half of the baby’s body before spitting it out again.
As reported Cnn, Saturday (12/17/2022), this horrific attack took place in Katwe-Kabatoro district, southwestern Uganda on December 4 at around 3pm local time. Ugandan police just revealed this incident to the public in a statement on Friday (16/12) local time.
Ugandan police said in a statement that the incident started when the boy named Iga Paul was playing at his home in the Rwenjubu area near Lake Katwe. Suddenly, a hippopotamus attacked the baby and somehow half of the baby’s body got into the hippo’s mouth.
A resident who happened to be near the site of the attack rushed to action to save the child and luckily succeeded.
“It took the courage of Chrispas Bagonza, who was nearby, to save the victim after he threw a rock at the hippo and scared it, which caused the hippo to release the victim from its mouth,” he said. a Ugandan police spokesman said in a statement.
After being removed from the hippo’s mouth, the baby was taken to a nearby clinic for medical treatment before being transferred to Bwera hospital in western Uganda. According to Uganda police, the boy sustained injuries to his hand.
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