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The Uganda Wildlife Authority and the police are hunting for three hippopotamuses which killed two people and cows in Munyonyo near Lake Victoria and Nakawuka. Peter Lugo, 25, a fisherman, and his young brother, Lazarus Muko, 20 all died during the attack.

Farmers working in the neighbouring wetlands of Munyonyo suspended their work soon after receiving the news of the demise of the two residents.

Police Marine and Fire Brigade on Saturday retrieved the bodies of the two victims which they took to the City Mortuary for postmortem.

Moses Kafeero the Kampala Metropolitan South Regional Police Commander has confirmed the death of the two people. “We have spent the night tracing for them [hippos] but we haven’t seen them so we have been reinforced by the UWA officers who are the experts in the animals to trace them,” Kafeero told AfricaNews.

UWA officers arrived Sunday morning and started combing the wetlands where the residents claim the hippopotamuses reside.