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10 South Africans killed in scramble for hippo meat

"There was a hippopotamus that was hit by a truck earlier and the community... went out obviously to cut it up for meat," police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi said. FILE PHOTO |

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • The animal had been knocked down and killed by a truck late Saturday in the northern Limpopo province and local villagers rushed to get some 'free meat'.

JOHANNESBURG, Monday

Ten people were ran over by a speeding van as they carved up a dead hippopotamus in north South Africa at the weekend, police said on Monday.

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