Shock and grief has engulfed Got Agulu sub-location, Bondo sub-county after two children were attacked by hippo.
The two were attacked by one hippo in two different beaches.
According to eyewitnesses, the two were bathing when the animal attacked them.
The first attack happened at Siungu beach, where a 12-year-old boy was swimming in the company of other children.
According to Jairo Ochieng, a resident who witnesses the attack, the incident happened at around 2pm.
"I had gone to harvest sand at the beach when I heard screams. Minutes later, I saw a hippo attacking the boy, " narrated Ochieng.
He added that their efforts to scare the animal to leave the boy bore no fruit as it continued to attack him.
"We rushed the boy to Got Agulu hospital for treatment. Unfortunately, he succumbed to the injuries, " he said.
While they were still at the hospital, another boy was also attacked, less than one kilometre from the first scene.
Police and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials had a tough time controlling the furious members of the public, who accused them of failing to control the hippos despite numerous calls to restrain the animals.
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