Death toll in Malawi hippo attack up to 7, 17 still missing

Six more bodies, including those of two teenagers, were found floating in Malawi's Shire River on Wednesday, raising the total death toll from a hippopotamus attack on a canoe to seven.

The death toll has risen to seven after a hippopotamus charged into and capsized a canoe on a river in the southern African nation of Malawi.

1-YEAR-OLD DEAD, 23 MISSING AFTER MALAWI HIPPOPOTAMUS ATTACK

Six bodies were recovered floating in the river on Wednesday, police said, following the incident on Monday. A 1-year-old child was confirmed dead on Tuesday. The six new bodies recovered included a teenage boy and a teenage girl, police said.

Police said 17 people are still missing and the search for them continues, although they are also feared dead.

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Authorities said the canoe was carrying 37 people in the Nsanje District in southern Malawi.

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