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Crocodile kills Zambian fisherman in Namibia’s Lake Lyambezi

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A 44-year-old Zambian fisherman, Figo Walubita, died after falling into Lake Lyambezi in Namibia while fishing with a companion near Kamatanda. Police said two crocodiles overturned their boat and one dragged the man underwater, The Namibian reports.

A 44-year-old Zambian fisherman, Figo Walubita, was killed by a crocodile at Lake Lyambezi in Namibia’s Zambezi Region, police spokesperson Julia Sakuwa-Neo confirmed to The Namibian.

The attack took place at about 9am near the Kamatanda camp, while Walubita was fishing with a companion. Two crocodiles overturned their boat. The companion managed to escape and alert the other people at the camp. Walubita’s body was recovered, and the crocodile was sighted, Sakuwa-Neo said.

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