Hippo pelted with sticks and stones as it drags boy to his death in lake

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A hippopotamus dragged a child to his death as crowds threw rocks at it in a desperate attempt to save the boy. The horrifying scene was caught on camera from the edges of Lake Victoria in Kenya.

The child had been playing close to the shore in Mbita while people washed their clothes nearby. He was suddenly grabbed by the hippo, which dragged him into the murky water.

In the footage he can be seen submerged beneath the surface. Men and women on the banks scream as they launch rocks at the animal.

It rears its head back out of the water as sticks and stones rain down on it. One man can be heard saying 'oh Jesus' as the hippo continuously submerges itself under the water.