Anxiety about the fate of dozens of people missing after sinking a ship in Ctler Coast expressed by the country’s authorities -the sailor overturned because of a hippo.
From the overthrow of the small ship by hippopotamus, 11 people are missing – all passengers on the boat sailing on the Sasandra River in Cubantih, as announced today (06.09.2025) by the Ministry of Solidarity.
‘We were informed of the disappearance of 11 people, with deepest pain among whom women, little girls and an infantafter the sinking of a ship, caused by a hippopotamus, “Minister Miss Belmod Dogo said on her facebook page.
The accident occurred on Friday morning, near the Bougi community, he added, clarifying that Three people were saved and that “investigations are continuing in the hope of finding the missing”.
According to a study of the Universities of the Council of Council, 2022, Hippopotamus is the animal most commonly referred to as culprits in events where people lose their lives or people are injured. Is calculated that There are about 500 hippopotamuses in the country, Scattered on many rivers, but mainly in Sassandra and Bantama.
Murder wrecks are not uncommon in the area, often because boats used for passengers are overloaded. In April, twelve children and adolescents drowned when such a boat sank near Abidzan.